The regulatory desk.
What changed, what it means, and what to do about it — written for food businesses, with the regulation behind every line. No filler, no recycled press releases.
Deemed suspension: the quiet way a licence stops working
What deemed suspension means since renewal ended in 2026, what triggers it, how you find out, and the route back to a subsisting licence.
6 min read · 12 Sep 2026
Allergen declaration on an Indian label, done properly
Where the allergen line goes, what has to be named, how “may contain” works, and why a missing allergen line is the most expensive label defect in India.
7 min read · 12 Sep 2026
Adding a product, moving premises: how modification actually works
When a change needs a modification on FoSCoS, when it needs a fresh licence, and what happens if you trade in a category that is not on your licence.
5 min read · 12 Sep 2026
A nutrition panel that survives an officer’s calculator
What the nutrition panel must show, the arithmetic an officer can redo in thirty seconds, and the mistakes that turn a label into a misbranding finding.
6 min read · 12 Sep 2026
Cloud kitchen compliance: the licence is the easy part
Which licence a cloud kitchen needs, what the aggregator expects, and the four obligations that outlast the certificate.
6 min read · 12 Sep 2026
How to reply to an FSSAI show-cause notice
What a show-cause notice is, what the reply has to do, the mistakes that make things worse, and what happens at adjudication.
6 min read · 12 Sep 2026
The desks we publish from.
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- Licensing1 published
- Labels & claims2 published
- Penalties & notices2 published
- Sector notes1 published
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