The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on 19th July 2021, has decided to assign the Food Product category 18 in the food safety compliance system (FoSCoS) under General Manufacturing kind of business, in order to ease out the licensing/registration of small and medium food businesses manufacturing sweets and snacks & savouries.
The sweet and snack products which include milk-based sweets, cereal or pulses flour based sweets, dry fruit and nut based sweets, and ready to eat and ready to cook products shall be allowed for registration/licensing as per the eligibility criteria as given in the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) regulation 2011.
Any FBO who is manufacturing any Indian sweets and snacks & Savouries which is already licensed under the proprietary food need not get their license modified under these new categories.
Further, the FBO such as caterers, restaurants & other food services which serve/sell fresh unpacked sweets/snacks & savouries at their premises shall obtain registration/license as per the existing food category as per their eligibility.
