FSSAI Registration process for Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods

What is FSSAI registration / License?

FSSAI: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is an autonomous body which works under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GOI. FSSAI Registration or License is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety. In this artical, we have discussed the whole FSSAI registration process for Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel Foods.

FSSAI registration: FSSAI registration is a 14-digit registration Number or a Food license number which must be printed on food packages or Displayed in Premises. This 14 digit FSSAI license number gives data about the producer’s permit or enrollment subtle elements, and the assembling state.

FSSAI registration for Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods

Health Supplements: The health supplements shall contain concentrated source of one or more nutrients and substances from animal origin or other similar substances with known and established nutritional or beneficial physiological effect, which are presented as such and are offered alone or in combination, but are not drugs.

Nutraceuticals: Nutraceutical is a combination of ‘nutrition’ and ‘pharmaceutical’, and refers to a food or food product that reportedly provides health benefits. According to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), a nutraceutical is a food product that provides physiological benefit and helps maintain good health.

Novel food: Novel food is a food that may not have a history of human consumption or may have any ingredient used in it which or the source from which it is derived, may not have a history of human consumption or a food or ingredient obtained by new technology with an innovative engineering process, where the process may cause significant change in the composition or structure or size of the food or food ingredients which may alter the nutritional value, metabolism or level of undesirable substances.

Note 1: Under the Food safety and standard Act, 2006 (FSSAI act) one cannot deal in Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods without an FSSAI Licence.

Note 2: To get the FSSAI license for Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods, the applicant must have prior Product Approval / NOC from FSSAI.

Criteria for getting license under FSSAI for Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods

• For Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods, the Central FSSAI License / registration is required.
• There is no restriction on production capacity.
• That means the production capacity does not affect the mandatory requirement of Central FSSAI license for Proprietary food.
• However, prior Product Approval/ NOC from FSSAI is required for FSSAI registration of Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods.

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FSSAI Registration process for Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods

Following are the simple steps to obtain FSSAI registration:

Choose the type of required license:

• Firstly step is to choose the type of license or registration is required as per your business.
• If your food business is newly established then it will require FSSAI registration.
• If your food business is old then the license will be required depending on your business turnover.

Choose the type of your business:

• The next step is to decide the type of business for which you will apply for FSSAI registration / license.
• FSSAI has fixed various kind of business categories for food business operators to apply for license or registration.
• Here for business related to health supplements, you need to choose the heading Health supplements, for the businesses engaged in nutraceuticals, you need to choose the heading Nutraceuticals and and business dealing in Novel foods are required to select the heading Novel foods.

Create a login on FSSAI site:

• Once the type of business and the kind of business has been decided, the next step would be to login to the FSSAI site.
• The applicant needs to create a user id on the FSSAI site and generate the user id and password.

Filling the FSSAI application form:

• Next after creating a login, you required to fill the form.
• There would be two forms to select from.
• Form-A for registration & Form-B for license.
• After selecting the form accordingly, fill all required fields, and choose the food code for which you are applying.
• FSSAI has categorized the food and has specified Food code for various food products.

Attach the required attachment:

• After filing up the form applicant needs to attach the required documents like applicant I’d and address proof, business address proof, FSMS declaration, Simple declaration, and many others as per the type of license.

Refer: The complete list of Documents required for FSSAI registration / License for Health supplements, Nutraceuticals and Novel foods.

Make payment for license or registration:

• After filling up the form and attaching the applicant of the documents will move on the payment page where he has to make the payment for the application which will be as per the fees per year.

Time taken to get an FSSAI registration

• A basic FSSAI License can be issued within 10 to 30 days.
• A State and Central license can take a time period of 30 to 60 days.

Validity of FSSAI Registration

• FSSAI licenses issued to food businesses are valid for a period of 1 to 5 years as chosen by the Food Business Operator.
• It is mandatory to apply for license renewal 30 days before the expiry of the existing license.
• Non-renewal of licenses can fetch a fine of Rs.100 per day until the renewal is done .
• Any lapse in renewal within the stipulated date can result in the old license becoming deactivated and businesses will have to apply for a fresh license.