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Find whether you need FSSAI basic registration, a state licence or a central licence, from turnover, production capacity and activity.
This selector tells a food business operator whether it needs FSSAI basic registration, a state licence or a central licence under the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011. It applies the turnover ladder — petty registration up to Rs 12 lakh, state licence up to Rs 20 crore, central licence above that — together with the Schedule 1 capacity thresholds and the categories that force a central licence irrespective of turnover. It is built for restaurant owners, cloud kitchens, traders and food manufacturers preparing a FoSCoS application.
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Capacity thresholds, importer and e-commerce triggers and the Rs 30 crore wholesaler band are all applied, not just turnover.
Every answer lists the exact regulation-based reasons that produced the category.
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Rs 12 lakh a year. Regulation 2.1.1 treats an operator with annual turnover up to Rs 12 lakh as a petty food business that registers in Form A instead of taking a licence — provided its production capacity also stays within the petty limits, such as 100 kg or litres a day for a manufacturing unit.
When annual turnover exceeds Rs 20 crore (Rs 30 crore for wholesalers and transporters), when capacity crosses the Schedule 1 ceiling — for example over 2 MT a day of manufacturing or over 50,000 litres of milk a day — or when the business falls in a listed central category such as importer, 100% export oriented unit, e-commerce food platform, an outlet at an airport, seaport, railway or defence premises, or the head office of a multi-state operation.
Basic registration costs Rs 100 a year, a state licence Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 a year depending on the Schedule 3 category, and a central licence Rs 7,500 a year. A licence can be taken for 1 to 5 years at a time, and renewing after expiry attracts a late fee of Rs 100 per day.
Yes. The petty definition caps capacity as well as turnover, so a unit producing more than 100 kg or litres of food a day, handling more than 500 litres of milk a day, or slaughtering above the petty limits needs at least a state licence whatever it earns. Schedule 1 central categories like importing also override turnover entirely. This tool is informational — confirm the final category on the FoSCoS portal or with a compliance professional.