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We are planning to start a business of selling the
packed Cashew, Amla product, and Mango pulp. My
turnover is only under Rs.12 lacs per year, so which
type of process required for this…?
You have to apply for the registration certifi cate as your Please also read through the following
annual turnover falls below Rs. 12 lacs. FSSAI has very urls for packaging & labelling:

well defined the eligibility criteria for the licensing &
registration of the food businesses. Please go through https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/
the following link to get all this information and can Gazette_Notifi cation_Packaging_03_01_2019.pdf
apply online https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/assets/docs/ https://fssai.gov.in/upload/notifications/2020/1
KindofBusinessEligibility.pdf.
2/5fd87c6a0f6adGazette_Notification_Labelling_
Display_14_12_2020.pdf
I am going to start a Banana Wafers delivery
business. I will be sourcing the product from a small Recently, I have been to a restaurant and what I
scale production unit and will further sell in the saw on their menu card was that some of the chicken
market. The manufacturer does not have the FSSAI items were labeled as green. Isn’t it wrong? Can we as
license, what would you suggest? consumers do something?
Legally, no one can do a food business without a valid Absolutely, it is wrong to use a green logo for a non-veg
license/registration. Food regulations do not allow the food article. You can raise your concern relating to such
food business activity between the unlicensed food issues through a online procedure and you can also call
vendors. So, you have to make sure that both you and the the helpdesk. Please read through the following link:
manufacturer should have a valid license/registration https://foodsmart.fssai.gov.in/grievance.html.
in compliance to FSS Act, 2006. To check the eligibility
and for the online licensing/registration under FSSAI
regulations, you can read here through the following urls: I am starting a manufacturing unit for bakery
products like cookies and cupcakes, the machinery
https://foscos.fssai.go v .in/assets/docs/ involved in that holds a capacity of 2 tons per day. What
KindofBusinessEligibility.pdf license is required for that? and what documents I
should have? please guide.
https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/. If your production capacity is more than 100kg and upto 2
MT /day then you have to apply for a state license and if
I am manufacturing biscuits from outside India and in case your production capacity is More than 2 MT/day
would like to import into India through distributors. then you have to apply for the central license. You can

Where can I find a concise list of allowed ingredients apply online on: https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/
and the packaging mandatories?
Your food products need to meet the requirements as I wish to trade natural tender coconut from Kerala
per FSS (Food Products Standards & Food Additives) to Delhi. The same will not be processed in any way. Do
Regulations, 2011 and the respective amendments. we need to register with or get a license from FSSAI to
Please check for the ingredients of your product as carry out the business?
whether they are standardized or non-standardized Yes, you will require a license/registration for your food
on the following link: https://fssai.gov.in/upload/ business. You will have to register under FSS Act, 2006
uploadfiles/files/Compendium_Food_Additives_ either a distributor, supplier or wholesaler, depending
Regulations_26_03_2021.pdf upon the exact nature of your business.

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