The FSSAI on 17.11.2020 has issued the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Amendment Regulations, 2020. Objections or suggestions may be sent to regulation@fssai.gov.in within sixty days from publication of the rules.
The amendment provides that a unified License may be issued by the Licensing Authority with the approval of Food Safety Commissioner to central/state government Institutions or to organizations with multiple food establishments in a campus by a single entity. However, establishments run by outsourced or another entity will need to apply for separate license Provided that such unified licensee shall centrally maintain the records pertaining to location of individual units, their person in-charge, training of food safety supervisors and food handlers in respect of each premise and establishment operated by it or any other record as specified by food authority from time to time and inform the Licensing Authority about them. The unified licensee shall give an identification number to all individual establishments, which shall be displayed along with the FSSAI license number by them.
The amendment shall come into force with effective date for implementation to be either 1st January or 1st July subject to a minimum of 180 days from the date of their final publication in the official Gazette.
