FSSAI Rules for Food Business

All food business operators in India are required to abide by the following FSSAI rules. All food business operators are required to obtain FSSAI registration and follow the below rules:

FSSAI Registration or License

Any person involved in the manufacturing, production, processing, packaging, transportation, distribution or storage of food products is required to obtain

FSSAI registration or an FSSAI license. On obtaining registration, a true copy of the FSSAI should at all times be displayed at a prominent place in the premises of the food business.

Update FSSAI

All food business operators must inform FSSAI authorities about any change or modifications in the activities of the food business. Also, FSSAI licensees must ensure that no product other than the product indicated in the FSSAI license or FSSAI registration is produced in the unit. Further, FSSAI licensee must provide access to Licensing Authorities or their personnel to the food business premises, if the case of any request.

Employ Qualified Person

All

food business license holders are required to employ at least one technical person to supervise the production process. The person supervising the production process should possess a degree in Science with Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry or Food and Nutrition or Microbiology or a degree or diploma in Food Technology or Dairy Technology or Dairy Microbiology or Dairy Chemistry or Dairy Engineering Oil Technology Veterinary Science Hotel Management or any degree or diploma in any other discipline.

File Annual Return

FSSAI license holders have to furnish periodic annual return (1st April to 31st March), within upto 31st May of each year. For those food business involved in collection or handling or manufacturing of milk and milk products, half-yearly returns must be filed.

Maintain Clean & Hygienic Facility

All FSSAI licensee has to follow the following conditions to ensure the preparation, processing and storage of all food in a clean and hygienic facility:

Maintain factory's sanitary and hygienic standards and worker's hygiene as specified in the FSSAI rules.
Maintain daily records of production, raw materials, utilization and sales separately.
Ensure that the source and standards of raw materials are of optimum quality.
Not manufacture, store or expose for sale, any article of food in any premises that do not effectively separate from any privy, urinal, sullage, drain or place of storage of foul and waste matter.
Regularly clean the machine and equipment.
Ensure testing of relevant chemical and/or microbiological contaminants in food products, at least once in six months.
Ensure to maintain the temperature required throughout the supply chain from the place of procurement or sourcing until it reaches the end consumer.