FSSAI Food License Registration for Food Marketing Company

What are Food Marketing Companies?

A business owner can produce food items and outsource a third-party company to market their goods. This third-party company will help the business owner in product development, marketing campaign, sales and promotion. This company is known as a marketing or Food marketing company. 

Food marketing company analyze the market situation and understands the customer needs. They conduct series of marketing events to promote the products. Food marketing companies are should get FSSAI registration to start their marketing business, as they dealing with consumables. 

Why is FSSAI License is important for Food Marketing Companies? 

Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) mandates that every kind of industry or business related to food must have an FSSAI food license. FSSAI registration ensures quality and safety of food that consumer gets. FSSAI says that the food package should have food license numbers of both manufacturer and marketer. 

The food license numbers are needed to be entered distinctly under their category like “Manufactured by” and “Marketed by”. FSSAI also mandates that the food license numbers of every manufacturer involved in a product’s production should be put on the package. This ensures that the Food marketing company should undergo FSSAI registration. 

FSSAI registration will help the food marketing company in the following ways, 

• Makes your food marketing company quality and entrusted brand.      

• FSSAI registration will make any legal process regarding your business easy and effective.      

• You can expand and scale your business without hassle.      

• You can use the FSSAI license logo to establish your concern on quality to clients.     

• FSSAI license can bring you investments and makes any loan process easy. 

How to Get FSSAI License for a Food Marketing Company?      

There are three types of FSSAI food license certificates. Based on your business cap you have to apply. Those three types of licenses are,      

• Basic FSSAI Registration      

• State FSSAI Food License Registration      

• Central FSSAI Food License Registration      

Basic FSSAI Registration:      

If your food marketing business turnover is below Rs.12 Lakhs, you will fall under a small business cap. For small businesses, a basic food license is enough. You have to register for Form A for basic registration. As the business turnover reaches Rs. 12 lakhs, you have to upgrade the food license from basic registration to state FSSAI registration.      

Documents required:      

• Address proof      

• Passport size photos      

• Business details      

• FSSAI declaration form      

State FSSAI Food License Registration:    

As a food marketing company, your business turnover is between Rs. 12 Lakhs to Rs.20 crores you fall under the State food license category. For this food license, you have to fill up Form B to get FSSAI food registration.      

Documents Required:      

• Documents of business premises (Rental/Lease agreement)      

• ID proof of the owner (Aadhar/ Voter ID/ Driving License/ Passport)      

• Incorporation Certificate/ GST Registration/ Trading License      

• MOA and AOA      

• Any one of the following is compulsory (Trade license or Establishment registration or Panchayath License or Corporation License or Municipality License)      

• Business details      

• FSSAI declaration forms      

Central FSSAI Food License Registration:     

If your food marketing company turnover is over Rs. Rs.20 crores, then you must register for a Central food license. If your mid-cap business crosses Rs.20 crores, you must upgrade from a state food license to a Central food license.      

Documents Required:     

• Documents of business premises (Rental/Lease agreement)      

• ID proof of the business owner (Aadhar/ Voter ID/ Driving License/Passport)      

• Incorporation Certificate/GST Registration/Trade License      

• Import and Export code      

• MOA and AOA      

• Any one of the following documents is compulsory (Trade license/ Establishment registration/ Panchayath License/ Corporation License/ Municipality License)      

• Business details      

• FSSAI declaration forms      

Procedure to get FSSAI Certificate for Food Marketing company

• Get your business plan.      

• Determine your yearly turnover.      

• Determine which type of license is essential for your food marketing business.      

• Fill out the application and complete documentation.      

• Paying the charge      

• Submit the application      

• You should be careful if there is any wrong information in your application. FSSAI may cancel your registration. If there is any update required in the form, then it has to be updated. The updated application form has to be sent back within 30 days.      

• FSSAI may need 15 – 45 days to approve the license. You have to continuously follow up the process and sort out if there are any discrepancies.      

This long step process may delay your starting of the Food marketing company. But it can be made easy by approaching a consultancy. LegalDocs is the leader in the market provides services related to FSSAI license certificate registration. Our expert will take care of everything that you have to do to get FSSAI registration. You can complete the FSSAI registration and get your FSSAI food license at your doorstep. How?      

Three-step procedure to get FSSAI registration through LegalDocs:      

• Discuss with our expert and fill out the easy form on the LegalDocs website.      

• LegalDocs expert will fill out your FSSAI form, resolve all queries and get approval from government authority.      

• Get delivered your FSSAI food license at your doorstep.