The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards, 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food-related issues in various Ministries and Departments. FSSAI has been created for laying down science-based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, and import to ensure the availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption explained by Edge Legal.
What is FSSAI Registration Fee or Cost
As per the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing & Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011, the guidelines were laid down regarding the fee structure for the Food Business Operators.
The food business in India are required to get done with FSSAI registration, in case any of the food business operators fail to do so has to pay penalty for the same.
FSSAI Registration Fee is partitioned into the government expense and expert expense. Government expense formally charged by the govt for the application handling charge and an expert charge is charged by the Professional to set up your application.
FSSAI registration is segregated into three different types as Basic registration, State registration, and Central registration, the FSSAI fees for these registrations are mentioned below:
1) Basic FSSAI License – Fees
Annual turnover below 12 lakhs – 100/- per year
2) State FSSAI License – Fees
Annual turnover above 12 lakhs and below 20 crores – 2000/- or 5000/- per year
3) Central FSSAI License – Fees
Annual turnover above 20 crores – 7500/- per year
