FSSAI Registration for businesses under ₹1.5 crore.
The basic registration most small food businesses need — home kitchens, stalls, small shops and small manufacturers. ₹100 a year to FSSAI, perpetual since March 2026.
Is this your licence?
- Any food business with annual turnover up to ₹1.5 crore, whatever it does — except the exceptions below
- Home bakers, tiffin services and home kitchens selling to the public or through apps
- Street vendors — with no government fee since 28.09.2024; vendors registered under the Street Vendors Act 2014 are deemed registered, but still bound by the hygiene rules
- Small retailers, traders, transporters and manufacturers under the threshold
Not this one, if…
- Caterers — at any turnover. The smallest option is a State Licence
- Importers, exporters, e-commerce food businesses and nutraceutical makers — Central at any turnover
- Anyone operating in more than one state also needs a head-office Central Licence
The 2026 amendment provides for instant registration on FoSCoS (reg. 2.1.1(4)). In practice that makes getting the kind of business right before you apply more important, not less — the certificate arrives faster than anyone checks it.
FSSAI Kind of Business eligibility table, updated 01.04.2026
2026 tablePer FSSAI’s table updated 01.04.2026. We confirm your kind of business before filing.
What FoSCoS will ask for.
The typical list for a Registration. FoSCoS asks per kind of business, so we send you the exact checklist for yours before you gather anything.
- Photograph of the proprietor
- Photo ID — Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID or passport
- Proof of premises — rent agreement, ownership papers or NOC from the owner
- List of the food items you make or sell
Exactly what you’re paying for.
Included
- Free 10-minute check — tier and kind of business confirmed against the 2026 table
- A document checklist written for your kind of business
- Every document reviewed before anything is filed
- Fixed fee confirmed in writing before we start
- Application prepared and filed on your own FoSCoS login
- Guidance through the government-fee payment — paid by you, straight to FSSAI
- Portal queries answered until grant, however many rounds
- Updates at each stage — filed, query, granted
- Certificate checked on issue — name, address and kind of business
- Food Safety Display Board — the format and where it goes
- How your number and the FSSAI logo go on your label
- First-year compliance calendar, every date with its rule
- A reminder before your first annual fee falls due
Not included
- The ₹100 government fee (paid by you — nil for street vendors)
- Premises works or pest control
Anything outside scope is quoted in writing before we do it.
The mistakes we see most.
The certificate looks valid; the kind of business on it doesn’t describe what you do.
Caterers can’t use Registration at any turnover.
Unpaid, it suspends the registration.
Four steps, on your own login.
Confirm the kind of business
Matched against the 2026 table and your documents, so the licence describes what you actually do.
Free first callPrepare the file
Checklist, document review, the declaration — nothing goes in until it’s right.
Reviewed by usFile on FoSCoS
Submitted on your login with your approval. You pay ₹100 a year directly to FSSAI.
Your login, your feeGrant, then the calendar
Queries and any inspection handled until the certificate issues. Then the obligations below start.
Kept valid afterNo renewal — but these keep it valid.
Missing the annual fee or a required return puts the licence under deemed suspension. The rest are what inspectors ask for.
Let us run this calendarWhat changes when your file is kept.
From hoping nobody checks to ready whenever they do.
The right licence for what you actually do, filed first time on your own login.
Every fee, return and test on a calendar someone else is watching.
Every pack checked against the rules before the printer — not after an officer reads it.
The folder an officer asks for, ready and current, whenever they walk in.
New outlets, new states, marketplaces, imports and exports — without starting from zero.
Our promises, in writing
You get the fee before we start. If the scope changes, you hear it from us before it costs you.
We file on your own FoSCoS account with your approval. Nothing to hand back if you ever leave.
Straight to FSSAI on FoSCoS. It never passes through us.
Each requirement comes with the regulation behind it — and our readings are marked as ours.
Registration questions
How long does an FSSAI Registration take?
The 2026 amendment allows instant registration on FoSCoS where the application is complete. What takes time is getting the documents and the kind of business right before you press submit.
Do home bakers need FSSAI registration?
Yes, if you sell food — including through Instagram, WhatsApp, Swiggy or Zomato. Most home bakers need the ₹100 Registration. If you also cater events, you need a State Licence.
Is it the same as an FSSAI licence?
It’s the entry tier. A Registration certificate carries a 14-digit number that goes on your label and display board just like a licence number.
What happens when my turnover crosses ₹1.5 crore?
You need a State Licence. It’s a fresh application rather than an upgrade of the registration — we flag it before you cross the line.
Start your Registration today.
Book a free 10-minute check. A person — not a bot — calls you back within working hours, tells you exactly which licence you need and what it costs, before you commit to anything.
- Government fee paid by you, directly to FSSAI
- Filed under your own FoSCoS login
- Fixed fee, confirmed in writing before we start
Not ready to talk? Get the free 2026 checklist or find your licence yourself.