{"id":16205,"date":"2018-12-07T08:17:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T08:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/?p=16205"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:41:43","slug":"fssai-full-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSAI Full form, Functions, License, Compliance Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/#FSSAI_Full_Form\" title=\"FSSAI Full Form\">FSSAI Full Form<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/#What_is_a_FSSAI_License\" title=\"What is a FSSAI License?\">What is a FSSAI License?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/#Who_needs_a_FSSAI_License\" title=\"Who needs a FSSAI License?\">Who needs a FSSAI License?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/#Types_of_FSSAI_Food_License\" title=\"Types of FSSAI Food License\">Types of FSSAI Food License<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/#Food_Safety_Department\" title=\"Food Safety Department\">Food Safety Department<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-full-form\/#Documents_for_FSSAI_License\" title=\"Documents for FSSAI License\">Documents for FSSAI License<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FSSAI_Full_Form\"><\/span><strong>FSSAI Full Form<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FSSAI is an acronym for the food regulatory authority of India and it basically stands for the <strong>Food Safety and Standards Authority of India<\/strong>. The Food authority regulates and checks for safe food manufacture, storage and handling practices of Food Business Operators(FBOs). FSSAI checks for compliance and that FBOs are following the regulations and standards as mentioned in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/food-safety-and-standards-act-fss-act\/\">Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006<\/a>. \u00a0Since 2006, all acts and regulations related to food and related products have been under the jurisdiction of FSSAI. \u00a0FSSAI issues compliant FBOs a Compliance (C) badge and in accordance with their annual turnover, issue them an appropriate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/fssai-license\/\">Food License<\/a>. Now that you have learnt many things about FSSAI, full form, functions as well as their jurisdiction, let&#8217;s look at this FSSAI license in detail.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_FSSAI_License\"><\/span><strong>What is a FSSAI License?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FSSAI, also known as the Food Authority of India, issues a 14-digit License number to food\u00a0business operators who are in Compliance of the rules and regulations under the FSS act. This FSSAI License number has to be imprinted on food products along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-logo\/\">FSSAI Logo<\/a>. Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/check-fssai-license-number-online\/\">How to Check FSSAI License Number Online<\/a>. The FSSAI license can be obtained on the food licensing website by creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/create-fssai-login\/\">FSSAI Login<\/a> ID and passwords. Following is an example of food products with the license number and logo:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16212\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_license.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16212\" class=\" wp-image-16212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_license.jpg\" alt=\"FSSAI Full form\" width=\"283\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_license-200x205.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_license.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FSSAI License Number and Logo on food products<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to this, with the advent of modern technology, and the rise of food tech startups, nowadays food is delivered directly from the restaurants to the customer&#8217;s via a mobile app. Food Aggregator apps have been instructed by the regulatory authority not to display the appropriate licenses of the restaurants. Without the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/fssai-license-swiggy\/\">FSSAI License, Swiggy<\/a> and other food aggregator apps will de-list the corresponding restaurants from their websites.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/how-to-get-fssai-product-approval\/\">FSSAI Product Approval<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_needs_a_FSSAI_License\"><\/span><strong>Who needs a FSSAI License?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>FSSAI has mandated and made it a statutory compliance to obtain the <a href=\"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\">FSSAI Registration<\/a> for every business no matter how small or big. \u00a0In the list of Businesses that have to obtain a license, the following are included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restaurants: Hotels, Family Restaurants, Street Food Vendors, Hawkers<\/li>\n<li>Wholesalers<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturers<\/li>\n<li>Suppliers<\/li>\n<li>Traders<\/li>\n<li>Re-Packers<\/li>\n<li>Processing Units<\/li>\n<li>Food\/ Food Products Storage Units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_FSSAI_Food_License\"><\/span><strong>Types of FSSAI Food License<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Food licenses issued by FSSAI are of many types. Different licenses are issued to different FBOs based on their Annual Turnover. \u00a0However, before you get started with the food license, there are many statutory compliances you will need to make sure are already in place. Since restaurants\u00a0are like any other business, you will have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/private-limited-company-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register a \u00a0Company<\/a> \/ Do a \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/partnership-registration\/\">Partnership Registration<\/a>\u00a0along with getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/gst-registration\/\">GST Registration<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/import-export-code-iec-registration\/\">IEC Registration<\/a> (if applicable).<\/p>\n<p>Basically, there are 3 types of food licenses\u00a0that FBOs can choose from. Let&#8217;s look at the classification of the various types of licenses issued by FSSAI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FSSAI Basic Registration<\/strong>: This a basic registration process, businesses just need to enlist themselves with FSSAI. It is applicable to small Businesses (Petty Food Businesses) or to new food businesses can also for this license. Food Businesses with Annual Turnover up to\u00a0\u20b9 12 lakhs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>FSSAI State License<\/strong>: This is a License that is issued to FBOs. It is mainly for Food Businesses which have crossed an Annual Turnover of\u00a0\u20b912 lakh but still operate below\u00a0\u20b920 Crores of revenue per year. It is also mandatory of a subsidiary branch of a food business which is operating in multiple states.<\/li>\n<li><strong>FSSAI Central License<\/strong>&#8211; FSSAI Central License is a license that Food Businesses with an Annual Turnover greater than \u20b9 20 Crores need to acquire in order to function smoothly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Food_Safety_Department\"><\/span><strong>Food Safety Department<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Food Safety Department is an organization which is related to FSSAI. This department works in relation to the farming rules of the food articles and overlooking the proper implementation of the related policies. In addition to this, this department has been assigned to provide scientific as well as technical support to the central government with regards to food articles. In conjunction with this support, the food safety department collects data with regards to food consumption and also about general awareness Food Safety and Standards.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Documents_for_FSSAI_License\"><\/span><strong>Documents for FSSAI License<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Essentially the FSSAI Registration\/ License requires a few documents in order to verify the ownership as well as the validity of the food business operators(FBOs). \u00a0For registering an FBO, FSSAI requires Personal Details of the Applicant as well as details of the Food Business.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>personal details of the applicant<\/strong> required are as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>PAN Card<\/li>\n<li>Copy of Aadhar Card \/ Voter Identity Card\/ Driving License \/Passport [Any 1]<\/li>\n<li>Passport Size Photo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Documents for the <strong>Registered office\/Premises<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Latest Utilities Bill (Electricity\/ Water\/ Gas Connection Bill)<\/li>\n<li>Copy of Rent Agreement (if Rented Property)<\/li>\n<li>Copy of Properties Papers (If premises are self-owned)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Property can be residential\/commercial<\/p>\n<p>Documents for <strong>FSSAI Basic Registration <\/strong>[Also required for State And Central]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Duly-Filled Form A signed by all directors\/partners\/proprietor\/ Executive member of thre society [<strong>Form B<\/strong> for <strong>State<\/strong> and <strong>Central<\/strong> License]<\/li>\n<li>Food Safety Management System (FSMS) declaration on the \u00a0letterhead of the company<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Proof of Income determining the Annual Turnover of the Food Business Operator (FBO)<\/li>\n<li>Nomination of the person appointed by the firm\/company in the Form IX<\/li>\n<li>Self Declaration by Director<\/li>\n<li>Affidavit on Non-Judicial Stamp Paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additional Documents for State License<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Blueprint or layout of the proposed location<\/li>\n<li>Detailed list of Equipment and Machinery installed or to be installed at the location<\/li>\n<li>NOC and copy of the license from manufacturers<\/li>\n<li>Authority letter with particulars about the name and address of the person responsible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Documents for Central License<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Water Report Analysis from a well-established and\/or a government health labratory<\/li>\n<li class=\"SPZz6b\">\n<div class=\"FxvUNb kno-ecr-pt kno-fb-ctx HOpgu hNKfZe\" data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjTvcaJr5zeAhUKeysKHS2aBXoQ3B0oATAQegQICBAN\">Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.applyiec.in\/\">IEC (Import Export Code)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"FxvUNb kno-ecr-pt kno-fb-ctx HOpgu hNKfZe\" data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjTvcaJr5zeAhUKeysKHS2aBXoQ3B0oATAQegQICBAN\">Pesticide Residue Report of the water for units involved in the manufacturing of mineral or carbonated water<\/li>\n<li>Designated milk provider\/ Source of Milk<\/li>\n<li>Proof of Annual turnover, if required<\/li>\n<li>Meat provider\/ Meat processing units<\/li>\n<li>Certificates alotted by the Ministry of Tourism, if applicable<\/li>\n<li>Vehicles turnover proof, if applicable<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/memorandum-of-association-moa\/\">Memorandum of Association (MOA)<\/a> and Articles of Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>FSSAI License\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16231\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_License.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16231\" class=\" wp-image-16231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_License.jpg\" alt=\"FSSAI Full form with License\" width=\"358\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_License-200x273.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_License-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_License-400x545.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fssai_License.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what a FSSAI License Looks Like<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The procedure to acquire the food license can be a tedious and intensive task and sometimes while preparing for a restaurant launch or setting up a restaurant you might not have time for the formalities.<br \/>\nConsult us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/\">LegalRaasta<\/a>, one of the top <a href=\"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.in\/\">food Consultants<\/a> across the country. Get your license at economical prices and at a swift pace.<br \/>\nCall <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">+91-8750048585<\/span>\u00a0to get started!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FSSAI Full Form FSSAI is an acronym for the food regulatory authority of India and it basically stands for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The Food authority regulates and checks for safe food manufacture, storage and handling practices of Food Business Operators(FBOs). FSSAI checks for compliance and that FBOs are following the regulations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[368],"tags":[374,732,728,729,480,730,369,731],"class_list":["post-16205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fssai-license","tag-benefits-of-food-license","tag-eligibility-food-license","tag-food-safety-and-standards","tag-fss","tag-fssai","tag-fssai-full-from","tag-fssai-license","tag-full-form-of-fssai"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FSSAI Full form, Functions, License, Compliance Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All food businesses have to acquire a food license in order to continue operations. 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