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|What is FoSCos / FSSAI Food License?

FSSAI launched Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) wef 1st June 2020 replacing existing Food Licensing and Registration System.Food License Registration certificate is required to run a food product business. You have to register under Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to manufacture, distribute and transport food products. FSSAI is established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. FSSAI Certificate and FSSAI License are same which ensures the quality, purity and other important factors the customers can rely upon.

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Penalties and Offences for Non-compliance

The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) takes the matters related to the production and processing of food seriously. There is Section 50 to Section 65 that deals with the offenses under the FSSAI 2006. It keeps track of all the necessary requirements that one needs to abide by and follow the compliance policy to avoid being punished. The basic offence is the sale of food without the FSSAI licence for which one can be punished with imprisonment and a penalty of about 5 lakhs. Some of the other offences are:

The sale of substandard quality of food is considered as an offence under the FSSAI regulations and a penalty of 5 lakhs is to be paid

The sale of misbranded products is punishable with a penalty of 3 lakhs.

The production, processing and storage of food with unethical means is punished with a penalty of 1 lakhs.

The production, processing and storage of food with unhealthy means is punished with a penalty of 1 lakhs.

There is also a penalty of 5 lakhs if the person suffers because of low quality food

The individual who fails to rectify their mistakes will be faced with shutting down of the business and cancellation of license.