License for Food Processing Units

FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

The Food processing is method of converting the agricultural items into food, or of one type of food into different structures. Food handling incorporates many types of handling food varieties, from crushing grain to make crude flour to home cooking to complex modern strategies used to make comfort food varieties. Essential food handling is important to make most food sources eatable, and optional food handling transforms the fixings into natural food varieties, like bread.

In this way Food handling units incorporate every one of the strategies and methods engaged with changing over a natural substance or a mix of unrefined components into a consumable item. Food handling units are an essential piece of practices like farming, cultivation, manor, animal cultivation, and fisheries. It likewise incorporates different ventures that utilization farming contributions for assembling consumable item. The Indian government has set down numerous strategies and plans to assist set with increasing food handling units in India and to furnish them with monetary help to modernize the business. To begin any food-related business, a FSSAI permit is required. There are various sorts of FSSAI licenses accessible and it changes as per the business type.

For establishing a food processing unit , food license or registration is required. Thus I have tried to specify mentioned below list of the documents or checklist for registration or license of food processing units:-

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

• Blueprint/layout plan of the processing unit showing the dimensions in meters/square meters and operation-wise area allocation (mandatory for manufacturing and processing units only)
• List of Directors with full address and contact details (mandatory for companies only)
• Name and List of Equipment and Machinery along with the number, installed capacity and horse power used
• Analysis report (Chemical & Bacteriological) of water to be used as ingredient in food from a recognized/ public health laboratory to confirm the potable
• Upload Production unit photograph
• Photo I.D and address proof issued by Government authority of Proprietor/Partner/Director(s)/Authorized Signatory.
• Proof of possession of premises (Sale deed/ Rent agreement/ Electricity bill, etc.)
• Partnership Deed/Self Declaration for Proprietorship/Memorandum & Articles of Association towards the constitution of the firm
• Form IX: Nomination of Persons by a Company along with the Board Resolution.

Whereas in case of water is ground water then NOC from CGWA is necessary to be submitted accordingly.

*****

For any type of assistance feel free to contact or reach us at: – MG Associates (Company Secretaries), CS Manisha Mittal – 70152-77705

I have done my best to provide all the specifics, but please accept my apologies if any of the information supplied is incorrect. Please feel free to comment, interact, and propose topics for future posts.