FSSAI

Licensing

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 Ahmendnagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Latur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Wardha, Washim, Yawatmal. Maharashtra I zone majorly consists of sugar industries, sugar, snacks and citrus processing units.

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 Kalyan, Mumbai, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane. Maharashtra II zone strategically covers traders, importers, exporters head offices, and major oil refineries.

Office Address: 1202, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 16

The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Kolhapur, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur. Maharashtra III zone consists of dense dairy units, mini nutra zone, and we can also find high number of sugar industries in the same.

Designated Officer:
Ms. K. K. Jitha,
Joint Director
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: jitha.kk@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 15

The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Ahemdabad, Anad, Bharuch, Chota Udaipur, Dohad, Godhra (Panchmahal), Nadiad (Kheda), Narmada, Vadodara, Arvalli, Gandhinagar, Himmatnagar (Sabarkantha), Mehsana, Palanpur (Banaskantha), Patan, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Bhuj (Kutch), Botad rural, DevbhumiDwarka, GandhdhamMunicipalty, GirSomnath, Jamnagar, Munagadh, Morbi, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar.

The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Dang, Navsari, Surat, Tapi, Valsad.

Major oil industries, snacks and savouries manufacturing units and soy flour units are concentrated in State of Madhya Pradesh.

Designated Officer:
Ms.Chetna Bhisle,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 906, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: chetna.bharat@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 27

Being a popular tourist place, State of Goa accommodates major distilleries and hotel industries.

Designated Officer:
Ms.Jyoti Harne,
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark business plaza, opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai -400051
Email ID: jyoti.harne@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022-400-46392; Ext: 20