Steps for food companies to gain consumer protection

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which consolidates various acts and the orders that had handled various food related issues in the various ministries and the departments. FSSAI had been created for laying down science-based standards for the articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, sale, and import to ensure the availability of safe and the wholesome food for the human consumption.

Any businessman who is entering the food business can apply online also for the FSSAI license by following just a few simple steps online.

The steps for the online registration of food license are:

• The first step is to go to FSSAI site online.
• When the page opens click on sign in (for self-care portal) which is on the right of the screen, a new sign-up form will appear and fill your contact details there
• Remember that the email – ID and mobile number you fill up for sign –up should be active and valid i.e. it must be in use and you use it on regular basis.
• Make a unique user name which is not already registered with the site by any means.
• After filling up the form click on the register to complete the sign-up process for the company.
• After that you will get the confirmation through message and mail, you now have an online account with FSSAI for the company.
• This user ID is valid for a maximum of 30 days so make sure you apply online within the 30 days or the user ID provided will be disabled after 30 days of getting it.
• You have taken the first step to apply for FSSAI online registration.
• Whenever you get ready for the registration to open the online website for license registration.
• Open your page with the provided user id and password.
• Fill the details in the Online Application Form and update the necessary documents required for the license.

Food license basically is a permission that is granted by the FSSAI to carry on the food business in the market without any problems. This food license is location specific and is also termed bound. It carries a 14-digit registration number.

There are certain rules and steps that all the companies follow at the time of entering into the food business. The steps for the food license are:

1) Eligibility search

2) Application Filling

3) Generation of application id

4) Scrutiny of application

5) Issuance of license

6) Inspection of premises

The companies can gain the consumer protection by following these all steps mentioned above and by completing all the legal requirements and the formalities so that a consumer also know that the company is safe enough to trust upon and they can eat their food items without any certain issue because they have been already cleared by FSSAI.

Hence, every company should follow these legal requirements and get themselves registered under the FSSAI if they are entering in the food business. By doing all this thing they can gain the trust of the customers easily and will be able to sell their products in the market with ease.