FSSAI Trade/Retail Registration

Overview of FSSAI Trade/Retail License

Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) is an enhanced version of Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS) introduced in 2012 to issue FSSAI licenses and registrations across India. It has evolved slowly and organically in response to changing regulatory requirements. They retired the underlying technology and stopped providing technical support. Over the years, users have complained about the slowness of his FLRS, and software professionals have resisted new changes to his FLRS, hindering further improvements, extensions, and innovations in the licensing system. was Therefore, his transition from FLRS to FoSCoS was essential.

Based on the latest technology, FoSCoS has the vision to provide a modern ubiquitous IT platform across India to meet food safety regulatory requirements. FoSCoS is a comprehensive system integrated with other existing IT platforms of FSSAI, such as Food Safety Compliance through Periodic Inspection and Sampling (FoSCoRIS), Food Safety Connected Complaint Management System, Online Annual Returns Platform, Food Import Clearing System (FICS). designed as a system. , Indian Food Research Institute Network (InFoLNet), Audit Management System (AMS), Sentences and Penalties, Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC), Food Safety Mitra (FSM), etc. We will go through these integrations one by one. In the future, until resolved, FoSCoS will further evolve from a licensing platform to a unified compliance platform

Eligibility criteria for FSSAI Trade/Retail License in India

If conducting food business activities such as storing, wholesaling, retailing, distributing, transporting, food vending agencies, supplying, marketing etc.

1. Storage (Except Controlled Atmosphere and Cold)
2. Storage (Cold / Refrigerated)
3. Storage (Controlled Atmosphere + Cold)
4. Wholesaler
5. Distributor
6. Transportation (having a number of specialized vehicles like insulated refrigerated van/
7. wagon and milk tankers etc.)
8. Retailer
9. Food Vending Agencies
10. Importer
11. e-Commerce
12. Trader/Merchant – Exporter

Documents required to obtain an FSSAI Trade/Retail License

Documents may be different as per the eligibility criteria

1. List of Directors/Partners/Proprietor/Executive Members of Society/Trust with full address and contact details with nomination of authorized signatory
2. Photo I.D and address proof issued by Government authority of Proprietor/Partner/Director(s)/Authorised Signatory.
3. Proof of possession of premises. (Sale deed/ Rent agreement/ Electricity bill, etc.)
4. Partnership Deed/Self Declaration for Proprietorship/Memorandum & Articles of Association towards the constitution of the firm / Copy of certificate obtained under Coop Act-1861/ Multi State Coop Act-2002 in case of Cooperative
5. Form IX: Nomination of Person as per Clause 2.5of FSS Rules, 2008 (Not applicable in case of Proprietor)
6. Annual audit report/FSMS Plan/Certificate/Self Declaration regarding FSMS
7. Declare the compliance as per inspection checklist

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