The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on 27th December 2021 has issued an order extending the last date for mandatory modification/migration of license from 31st December 2021 to 31st March, 2022, beyond which FBOs who do not get their license modified/migrated, shall not be able to apply for renewal of license.
The Mandatory modification of license by existing FSSAI Licensed Manufacturers as per the new methodology for Standardised Product Selection in FoSCoS and mandatory migration of State License into Central License by Manufacturers of products covered under Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016 has been extended till 31st March 2022.
At Present, the food businesses operators (FBOs) manufacturing products covered under Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016 hereinafter referred to as ‘Nutraceutical Regulations’ are being licensed by the State as well as the Central Licensing Authorities under the General manufacturing i.e. FBOs having production capacity of 2MT per day are eligible for State License while FB0s having production capacity of more than 2MT per day are eligible for Central License.
However FSSAI issued an order on 21st September 2021 mandating migration of State License into Central License with a modification fee of Rs. One Thousand (Rs. 1000) only and the payment of the differential amount between State License fee and Central License fee for remaining number of complete years of validity of their existing licenses by 31st December 2021.
