Eligibility For FSSAI State License
The Following food business operators need to apply for a State licence with their respective state licencing authorities:
- FBO with an annual turnover of more than 12 Lacs but less than 20 crores except for Transporter. In transporters, the upper turnover limit for state licence is 30 crores.
- All mills of Cereals, Grains, Pulses require a state FSSAI licence.
- FBO produces food (other than Milk & Meat and products made from Milk and Meat) up to 101 Kgs/2 MT Liters per day.
- Dairy units, including milk chilling units which procure or handles and collect milk in between 501 – 50,000 Litres of Milk per day /2.5 MT –2 500 MT of Milk Solids per annum
- All slaughterhouses having slaughtering capacity as under
- Large Animals: 3 to 50
- Small Animals: 11 to 150
- Poultry Birds: 51 to 1000
List of Documents for FSSAI State License
The documents required for the grant of FSSAI License are prescribed differently for Non-Manufacturing FBO and for Manufacturing FBO. In the table below, we have categories for the list of documents required. Based on the nature of business, additional documents are needed, and the same is provided separately.
List of Documents for FSSAI Registration By
Company Documents
- Certificate of Incorporation
- MOA & AOA
- PAN Card
- List of Directors
- Board Resolution
- Form IX: Nomination Form
- List of Food Products
Documents of Directors & Nominee
- Government Issued Photo Identity Card
- Address Proof
- Email ID & Mobile Mo (For OTP)
- Educational Qualification
Proof of Address of Food Business
- Sale Deed/ Rent agreement
- Electricity Bill Not Older than two months
Note : A nominee is a person responsible for the compliances of Food laws, their rules, and regulations, for the Food Business.
All other documents that is prescribed for non manufacturing or non producing uits and the following additional documents
- The processing unit's blueprint/layout plan shows the metres/square metres and operation-wise area allocation dimensions.
- Photograph of Manufacturing/Production unit.
- List of Machinery and Equipment and along with the number, installed capacity and horsepower used.
- Water test Analysis report (Chemical & Bacteriological) from a recognized/ public health laboratory to confirm the portability indicating the name of an authorized representative of Lab who collected the sample and date of collecting the sample(Not applicable if water is not being used as an ingredient)
- Recall Plan
Note : A nominee is a person responsible for the compliances of Food laws, their rules, and regulations, for the Food Business.
Additional Documents Based on Activities are as under
Analysis report (Chemical & Bacteriological) of Vending water to be used as an ingredient in food in a Food Establishments, Club/Canteen or any. The report must be from a recognized public health laboratory. It is required to confirm the potability of water used in food. The water analysis report is to bear the date of collecting the sample and the name of the staff of Lab who collected the sample (It is applicable where water is used as an ingredient)
Recall Plan & Import Export Code (IEC). IEC certificate is a document issued by the Director-General Of Foreign Trade(DGFT).
Import Export Code certificate and Declaration that the applicant shall sell the products meant for export in the domestic market. Further, the export products must meet the standards of importing countries.
Recall Plan
List of Vehicle Registration Numbers
NOC from Manufacturers
Source or procurement plan for milk
Source of Raw Material and NOC from Municipal Corporation /local bod
NOC from Municipal Corporation/local body
Product Product Specification of each product mentioning the ingredients as per applicable Schedule of he alth supplement products and Nutraceutical in the prescribed format.
Composition of each product as per the prescribed format
Product Approval from FSSAI Hq for each product
Pesticide residues report of water for units engaged in manufacturing packaged drinking water, packaged Mineral water and carbonated water. The report must be from a recognized public health laboratory. It is required to confirm the potability of water used in food. The pesticide residue report is to bear the date of collecting the sample, the name of Lab staff who collected the sample and Source of raw water and the treatment plan.
Annual Return
Every FSSAI Licensed FBOs involved in Manufacturing and Importing of Food Products including those engaged in manufacturing of Milk and Milk Products shall furnish online periodic annual returns with effect from FY 2020-21 as per notification dated 18th Dec 2020.
The returns shall be submitted on Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) not beyond 31st May for each year. Every licensee shall file a separate return for each License, i.e. for each food unit. It is immaterial that the same Food Business Operator holds more than one License. From FY 2021-22 onwards, any delay in filing return beyond 31st May of each year shall attract a penalty of Rs 100 per day of delay. However, the maximum penalty levied will not exceed 5 times the actual prescribed government fees.
Exemption From Annual Return under FSSAI
Food Business Operators (FBOs), including Petty Food Business Operators holding FSSAI Registration Certificate, are not required to submit annual returns.- Presently, the provision of annual return submission is not applicable for other Kind of Businesses (Such as Distributor, Wholesaler, Retailer, Storage, Transporter and Food. Services etc).