FSSAI Licensing in India
FSSAI food business licence — Basic registration, or a State or Central licence depending on turnover and activity — required to manufacture, store, distribute or sell food. We assess the tier, file on FoSCoS, coordinate any premises inspection and hand over the licence. NOTE ON SOURCING: the 10-Sep-2026 verification run covered MCA, income tax, GST and the IP India offices; it did NOT research the FSSAI, so no fee, turnover threshold or licence period is published on this page and nothing quantitative has been carried over from the previous version.
7–30 business days
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What we will need from you
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From the company
Form-B duly completed and signed (in duplicate) by the proprietor, partner or authorised signatory
FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations 2011, Schedule 2, Form B Annexure-2, item 1in duplicate
Read at source on 2026-09-14List of directors with full address and contact details
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 3
Read at source on 2026-09-14Name and list of equipment and machinery with number, installed capacity and horse power used
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 4
Read at source on 2026-09-14List of food categories desired to be manufactured (manufacturers only)
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 6
Read at source on 2026-09-14Authority letter naming the responsible person nominated by the manufacturer, and an alternative responsible person, stating the powers vested in them
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 7
Read at source on 2026-09-14Partnership deed, affidavit, or Memorandum and Articles of Association evidencing the constitution of the firm
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 10
Read at source on 2026-09-14Certificate obtained under the Co-operative Societies Act 1861 or Multi State Co-operative Societies Act 2002, for cooperatives
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 11
Read at source on 2026-09-14Food Safety Management System plan, or certificate if any (for Central Licensing units on renewal or transfer, a certificate from an accredited agency)
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 13 and renewal list item 2
Read at source on 2026-09-14Source of milk or milk procurement plan, including location of milk collection centres, for milk and milk product processing units
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 14
Read at source on 2026-09-14Source of raw material, for meat and meat processing plants
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 15
Read at source on 2026-09-14Recall plan, where applicable, with details of whom the product is distributed to
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 17
Read at source on 2026-09-14On renewal or transfer of a licence granted under earlier laws - list of workers with their medical fitness certificates, and the name, qualification and details of the technical personnel in charge of operations
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B, documents for renewal or transfer, items 3 and 4
Read at source on 2026-09-14
From each director
Basic Registration only - passport-size photograph of the food business operator
FoSCoS - Documents required for Registration Certificate, item 1 (Form A, Schedule 2, FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations 2011)
Read at source on 2026-09-14Basic Registration only - government-issued photo identity such as Aadhaar, PAN or Voter ID
FoSCoS - Documents required for Registration Certificate, item 2
Read at source on 2026-09-14Photo ID and address proof issued by a government authority for the proprietor, partners, directors or authorised signatory
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 5
Read at source on 2026-09-14
For the registered office
Basic Registration only - proof of address of the business activity, where the address differs from the one on the photo ID
FoSCoS - Documents required for Registration Certificate, item 3
Read at source on 2026-09-14Blueprint or layout plan of the processing unit showing dimensions in metres / square metres and operation-wise area allocation
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 2dimensions in metres / square metres
Read at source on 2026-09-14Chemical and bacteriological analysis report of the water used as a food ingredient, from a recognised or public health laboratory, naming the lab representative who collected the sample and the date of collection
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 8
Read at source on 2026-09-14Proof of possession of the premises (sale deed, rent agreement, electricity bill or similar)
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 9
Read at source on 2026-09-14Pesticide residues report of the water used as an ingredient, for packaged drinking water, packaged mineral water and carbonated water units, from a recognised or public health laboratory, including the source of raw water and the treatment plan
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 16
Read at source on 2026-09-14
Other
NOC from the manufacturer, in the case of re-labellers
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 12
Read at source on 2026-09-14NOCs from the municipality or local body and from the State Pollution Control Board, except in a notified industrial area
FSS (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2011, Form B Annexure-2, item 18
Read at source on 2026-09-14
Cost breakdown
Our fee and the government’s are always separate lines. Government fees are passed through at exactly what the authority charges — we add nothing to them.
| Fees for Registration (Basic Registration), per annumone line of this schedule appliesBasic Registration (FBOs within the eligibility limit) | ₹100Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| Licence issued by Central Licensing Authority, per annumone line of this schedule appliesCentral Licence | ₹7,500Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| State Licence — Manufacturer/Miller above 1MT per day production, or 10,001 to 50,000 LPD of milk, or 501 to 2500 MT of milk solids per annumone line of this schedule appliesState Licence, Schedule 3 item 3.1(i) | ₹5,000Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| State Licence — Manufacturer/Miller below 1 MT production, or 501 to 10,000 LPD of milk, or 2.5 MT to 500 MT of milk solids per annumone line of this schedule appliesState Licence, Schedule 3 item 3.1(ii) | ₹3,000Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| State Licence — Hotels, 3 Star and aboveone line of this schedule appliesState Licence, Schedule 3 item 3.2 | ₹5,000Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| State Licence — all food service providers including restaurants/boarding houses, clubs etc. serving food, canteens, caterers, banquet halls with food catering arrangements, food vendorsone line of this schedule appliesState Licence, Schedule 3 item 3.3 | ₹2,000Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| State Licence — any other Food Business Operatorone line of this schedule appliesState Licence, Schedule 3 item 3.4 | ₹2,000Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| Late fee on a renewal application filed after the expiry date, per day of delayonly if it appliesRenewal application submitted after the licence/registration expiry date — Rs 100 per day for each day of delay | ₹100Read at source on 2026-09-14 |
| Comriq professional feeper filing | ₹5,999 |
Read: "SCHEDULE - 3 (See Regulation 2.1.3) FEE FOR GRANT/ RENEWAL OF LICENSE. REGISTRATION / LICENSE FEE PER ANNUM IN RUPEES. Fees for Registration Rs 100. Fees for License issued by Central Licensing Authority: Rs 7500. State Licensing Authority: Rs. 5000/--, Rs.3000/--, Rs. 2000/--" Schedule 3 to the FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations 2011, read as the Gazette text hosted on FSSAI's own jaivikbharat.fssai.gov.in. All figures are PER ANNUM and the applicant pays for the number of years applied for (1-5), so multiply. Exactly one tier applies, hence one-of. Regulation 2.1.3 also provides a duplicate registration/licence fee of 10% of the applicable licence fee (a percentage, not a figure, so not listed as a line). Renewal after expiry carries a late fee of Rs 100 per day of delay.
These are the authority’s published lines. Which of them apply depends on your filing — a schedule by headcount, capital or entity type is one line, not all of them — and the applicable line is confirmed before payment, at cost.
How it runs
You will see these exact stages update in your client portal as we progress.
Tier Assessment
Basic, State or Central licence determined for your activity and scale.
Application Filed
Application submitted on the FoSCoS portal.
Inspection Window
We coordinate any premises inspection.
Licence Issued
FSSAI licence delivered to your portal.
What this costs, in full
- Comriq professional feeper filing
₹5,999₹5,099- Government fee
- ₹100–₹7,500 by schedule — 7 published lines; the line that applies to you is confirmed before payment, at cost.+ 1 fee that applies only in some cases — listed in the cost breakdown above, not in this figure.
Total from
₹6,099₹5,199
Our fee plus the lowest line of the authority's schedule. The line that applies to you is confirmed before payment.
Launch pricing · 15% off our fee15% off our professional fee until 31 December 2026. Government fees are charged at cost and are never discounted — we collect them on the authority's behalf and cannot charge less than it does.
Government fees are charged at cost, exactly as the authority bills them — we add nothing to them. Where the authority publishes no figure, or publishes a schedule, we confirm the exact amount before you pay, so this total is a minimum: we never substitute a plausible number.
This price is exclusive of GST. GST at 18% is added at checkout on our professional fee. Government fees are collected at cost on your behalf and are not taxed. Clients outside India are zero-rated.
Indicative guidance — confirmed before payment
Requirements and statutory fees are set by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) — FoSCoS and change without notice. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Your engagement letter and quote are the binding documents.