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 - Greater Mumbai:- MH - GM, Maharashtra - Thane Region:- MH - TR, Maharashtra - Pune Region:- MH - PR,
Maharashtra - East Region:- MH - ER,
Maharashtra - Navi Mumbai Region:- MH - NMR
Gujarat - West Region:- GJ - WR, Gujarat - North Region:- GJ - NR, Gujarat - East and South Region:- GJ - ESR
Madhya Pradesh:- MP, Goa:- Goa, Diu and Daman:- DD, Dadra and Nagar Haveli:- DNH
Maharashtra - Greater Mumbai
The district covered under this jurisdiction is Greater Mumbai region which strategically covers traders, importers, exporters and 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:
Dr. K.U. Methekar
Joint Director
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400051
Email ID: krishna.methekar@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Maharashtra - Thane Region
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Maharashtra - Thane Region is Bhaiwandi Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-5), Kalyan Tehasil (Thane Zone-8), Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-7, Thane Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-1), Ulhasnagar and Ambarnath Tehasil (Thane Zone-9). strategically covers warehouses, traders, wholesalers and manufacturers.
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 40046392
Maharashtra - Pune Region
The district covered under this jurisdiction is Greater Mumbai region which strategically covers traders, importers, exporters and 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:
Dr. K.U. Methekar
Joint Director
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400051
Email ID: krishna.methekar@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Maharashtra - East Region
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:
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 40046392
Maharashtra - Navi Mumbai Region
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Maharashtra- Navi Mumbai Municipal Corpration (Thane Zone-2), Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-3), Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Thane Zone-4), Thane strategically covers traders, importers, wholesalers.
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 40046392
Gujarat - West Region
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Gujarat - West Region is Amreli, Amreli Municipality, Bhavnagar, Botad, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gandhidham Municipality, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Morbi, Porbander, Rajkot, Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Surendranagar, Bhuj (Kutchh).
Designated Officer:
Mr. Nilesh Dhundale
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: nilesh.dhundale@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Gujarat - North Region
The districts covered under this jurisdiction are Gujarat � North Region is Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Patan, Kalol Municipality.
Designated Officer:
Ms. Akshada Bane
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: bane.akshda@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Gujarat - East & South Region
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:
Dr. Rajkumar Dagadkhair
Joint Director
Office Address: 2nd Floor, B Wing, Telephone Bhawan, Shri Arvind Marg, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380006
Email ID: rajkumar.dagadkhair@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Madhya Pradesh
Major oil industries, snacks and savouries manufacturing units and soy flour units are concentrated in State of Madhya Pradesh.
Designated Officer:
Mr. Vedant Pabal
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400051
Email ID: pabalvedant.laxman@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
GOA
Being a popular tourist place, State of Goa accommodates major distilleries and hotel industries.
Designated Officer:
Ms. Vidya S B
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400051
Email ID: vidya.sb@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Diu and Daman
Designated Officer:
Ms. Vidya S B
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400051
Email ID: vidya.sb@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Designated Officer:
Ms. Vidya S B
Assistant Director (Tech)
Office Address: 1202, Hallmark Business Plaza, Opp. Gurunanak hospital, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400051
Email ID: vidya.sb@fssai.gov.in
Phone No.: 022 40046392
