Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Registration

FSSAI is an acronym used for Food Safety and Standard Authority of India which was formed within the Food Safety and Standards 2006, which unifies the various laws and orders that have dealt with food-related issues in multiple ministries and departments. FSSAI was created to set science-based standards for food products and to regulate their production, warehousing, channels of distribution, sales, and import to ensure the availability of healthy and safe food for consumption by the public.

Features and highlights of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

• Various Central Acts like the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, Fruit Products Order, 1955, Meat Food Order, 1973,
• The Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, 1947, The Packaging of Edible Oils (Regulation) Order, 1988, The Solvent Extracted Oil, Defatted Meal and Edible Meal (Control) Order, 1967, The Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992, etc.
• The Act also aims to create a single reference point for all food safety and standards matters comprising of multi-level, multi-departmental control to a single command line. For this purpose, the Act establishes an independent statutory body - the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, with its headquarters in Delhi. The FSSAI and State Food Safety Authorities will enforce various provisions of the Act.

Lawgical India, a leading business consultant, offers fast online FSSAI Registration in India with five easy steps:

• Choose what kind of food business you want to commence.
• Obtain a consultation regarding your online FSSAI Registration from our experts.
• Upload and share your necessary FSSAI License Documents online from anywhere for FSSAI License Registration
• Obtain quick and easy online approval.
• Acquire your FSSAI License registration at your doorstep.

FSSAI introduced the Food Safety Compliance System (FOSCOS) dated on 1st June 2020 replacing FLRS. In order to complete FOSCOS registration you are required to login into the website. FOSCOS registration has been launched for the states/UTs of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Gujarat, Goa, Odisha, Manipur, Delhi, Chandigarh & Ladakh. FOSCOS registration is launched for online FSSAI registration

FSSAI apply online process is mentioned as follows:

• At the top of the home page of the website for FSSAI apply online registration or FOSCOS registration are two search bars that incorporate the search for ‘Standardized Food Products’ and ‘Eligibility of your food business.’
• Below the search bars, it has ‘View all FSSAI standardized Food Products,’ ‘Clubbing of Variants of Products’ and ‘View all Eligibility Criteria Details’ buttons.
• After clicking on “View All Foods Standardized by FSSAI”, you will see the food category name, food sub-category name, product name and FSSR number.
• Clicking on "Product Variants Club" opens a PDF file that lists all standardized food products with variants.
• It has a 'View All Eligibility Criteria Details' button which will open a PDF containing a table of business types, their criteria, type of business licence/registration and annual fee.
• The home page of the site includes options/buttons to “Track Application”, “Know Your Officer”, “Find FBO”, “How to Apply” and “Process Application”.
• The 'Know Your Officer' option prompts you to select your state and district from a drop-down list.
• A food business operator can be searched for by clicking the "Find FBO" button and entering details of company name, license/registration number.
• The option given on the website for FSSAI license registration is given like ‘How To Apply’ or FSSAI apply online.
• The ‘Application Processing’ option on the home page shows the stages of processing the FSSAI apply online application by the Licensing/Registration Authority.
• The home page also has the ‘Apply for License,’ ‘Apply for Registration Certificate,’ ‘Modification of License and Registration’, and ‘Renewal of License and Registration’ tabs at the bottom of the home page ( above mentioned five options/buttons) through which the users can FSSAI apply online or modify their license/registration.