How to Register with the

FSSAI
A guide for petty food business operators
Housekeeping (1/2)
This guide is ONLY for petty food business operators who are looking to register
with the FSSAI.

You are a petty food business operator if:

● Your annual turnover is less than twelve lakh rupees

● You manufacture and distribute food / food products yourself
● You hold a temporary food stall / are a street food vendor
● Your business has the following production limits:
○ food other than milk and milk products and meat and meat products does not exceed 100
kg/ltr per day
○ milk is up to 500 litres of milk per day (including procurement or handling and collection)
○ Slaughtering capacity is 2 large animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds per day or less
Housekeeping (2/2)
1. Some useful references:
a. FSSAI FAQs: https://fssai.gov.in/cms/compliancefaq.php
b. FSSAI Licensing / Registration eligibility:
https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Eligibility_Kind_Business_04_05_2020.pdf
2. Please keep a digital copy of any government issued ID and a passport size
photograph ready
3. Go to https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/
Identify your Kind of Business
FSSAI identifies different kinds of food businesses based on the type of food
product / manufacturing process / business model.

Find out which category best describes your business from here:
https://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in/PDF/Definition_KoBs.pdf
For example, these sub-categories belong to the manufacturing kind of business
And these sub-categories belong to the food services kind of business
Click here to see the regulations that
this is part of:
https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfi
les/files/Licensing_Regulations.pdf

Part I and Part II of Schedule 4 detail

hygiene and sanitary requirements that
need to be followed at the business
premises. Please read them and
prepare Standard Operating
Procedures for your business to follow.
This is For Your Information only.
Do not worry about this if you are
registering for the first time.
Identify your Food Product Category
After you have filled basic details in your registration form, you will need to list the
type of products that your business will handle / produce.

FSSAI defines different food types based on ingredients and manufacturing

process.

Find out which category best describes your food products from here:
https://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in/PDF/Food_Categorization_Code.pdf
You can leave this blank if you don’t know a
Food Safety Mitra (who is someone who can
handhold you compliance-related nuts and
bolts).

See https://fssai.gov.in/mitra/loadIndexData for

more info
Make sure to select ‘Upload’ once
you’ve chosen the file (s)
This is your receipt. Print out a copy / save a PDF of your
application for your records
Congratulations!
You have successfully submitted your FSSAI Registration Form.

If you found this tutorial useful, and would like support with setting up and running
your small food business, please reach out to Krishnan R at rkayrjay@gmail.com

This guide was prepared by Rashmi Krishnan (rashmikrishnan91@gmail.com) on

July 8, 2020. If you would like to make additions or have ideas to prepare more
useful resources for food entrepreneurs, please reach out!