The Indian Food Industry has emerged as one of the burgeoning industry recently. The object of the food laws in India is to ensure safety and prevent food adulteration.
The primary legislation governing food laws in India is the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, it is necessary to obtain an FSSAI license registration to carry out any business related to food like manufacturer, sale, storage or distribution of food. The FSSAI license is further divided into various categories i.e. Central license, State license and Registration.
The Act and Rules also entail a set of requirements and documentation for the purpose of FSSAI license registration. Additionally, the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011 also requires mandatory declaration of specified details on packaging and labelling of food products.
It may be noteworthy, to mention that the Act also envisages penalties for non-compliance with the Rules and Regulations when dealing with food products like non-declaration on packaging, vending inferior quality food products, carrying on with the business without obtaining license from FSSAI, unsafe food products, manufacture and sale of sub-standard etc.
Our Corporate law experts render a hand held service while procuring FSSAI license registration and also for complying with the legal procedures and regulations under the Food Laws.
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