Licensing/registration of food business is mandatory as per Section 31 of the FSS Act, 2006. The procedure for licensing and registration of food businesses and the conditions, sanitary and hygienic requirements for all food businesses have been covered under Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulation 2011.
FSSAI launched Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) in 2020, which is an enhanced version of the Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS), for issuance of FSSAI licenses and registration pan-India. FoSCoS is built using latest technology with a vision to have a modern one stop pan-India IT platform for engagement of FBO with the department for any regulatory compliance related activities. It has been developed with informative user interfaces, wherein the information regarding Standardized Food Products, Eligibility Criteria, and Documents required for licensing and other resource materials may be easily accessed.
Jurisdictions
West Region is divided into jurisdictions based on geographical location of the businesses. Central Licenses of businesses in these jurisdictions are issued by Designated Officers. The jurisdictions in West Region are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Considering the FBO density and administration convenience, states of Maharashtra and Gujarat are further divided based on different geographical parts as Maharashtra I (MH I), Maharashtra II (MH II) & Maharashtra III (MH III) and Gujarat I (GJ I) & Gujarat II (GJ II) respectively.
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Maharashtra - East Region is Ahmadnagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondiya, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Palghar, Parbhani, Wardha, Solapur, Washim, Yavatmal, Latur majorly consists of sugar industries, sugar, snacks and citrus processing units.
Designated Officer:
Dr. Shubhangi Nikam,
Assistant Director(Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: shubhangi.nikam@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 17
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Maharashtra- Thane Region is Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-5), Kalyan Tahashil (Thane Zone-8), Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-7), Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-2), Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-3), Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-4), Thane, Thane Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-1), Ulhasnagar & Ambarnath Tahashil (Thane Zone-9) strategically covers traders, importers, wholesalers and manufacturers.
Designated Officer:
Ms. Vaidehi Kalzunkar,
Deputy Director
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: vaidehi.kalzunkar@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 14
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Maharashtra- Pune Region is Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur consists of dense dairy units, mini nutra zone, and we can also find high number of sugar industries in the same.
Designated Officer:
Mr. Ajay Khairnar,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: ajay.khairnar@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 23
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Gujarat - North Region is Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Patan, Kalol Municipality.
Designated Officer:
Ms. Chetna Bhisle,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: chetna.bharat@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 079-26428000;
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Gujarat - East and South Region is Anand, Aravalli, Bharuch, Chhota Udaipur, Dahod Municipality, Godhara Municipality, Dang, Dohad, Godhra (Panchmahal), Himmatnagar (Sabarkantha), Mahesana, Mahisagar, Nadiad (Kheda), Narmada, Navsari, Surat, Surat Municipal Corporation, Tapi, Vadodara, Vadodara Municipal Corporation, Valsad, Vyara (Tapi).
Designated Officer:
Ms. Jyoti Harne,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: jyoti.harne@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 079-26428000;
Major oil industries, snacks and savouries manufacturing units and soy flour units are concentrated in State of Madhya Pradesh.
Designated Officer:
Mr. Nilesh Dhundale,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: nilesh.dhundale@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392;
Being a popular tourist place, State of Goa accommodates major distilleries and hotel industries.
Ms. Chetna Bhisle,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: chetna.bharat@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 079-26428000; Ext.27
Ms. Chetna Bhisle,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: chetna.bharat@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 079-26428000; Ext.27
Ms. Chetna Bhisle,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: chetna.bharat@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 079-26428000; Ext.27
