Recently owing to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Food Safety and Quality watchdog, FSSAI has a herculean task of ensuring Hygiene and Sanitation, especially in poultry and fish markets.

The Food Licensing officials have expressed concern and anxiety over the poor hygiene standards, and certain regulations have been put up by the FSSAI Department in recent times. 

Updated FSSAI Regulations for Fish & Poultry Market

• The audit has been conducted on municipal slaughterhouses. The third-party sample audit of 5,500 private slaughterhouses is underway, of which around 60 have been audited so far.
   
• All the slaughterhouses need to show an FSSAI Certificate. The size or turnover does not matter.
   
• To ensure hygienic quality in the available sold food items, FSSAI will have four regional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata, 12 branch offices, and 6 import offices.
   
• It will have four national food laboratories at Kolkata, Ghaziabad (Delhi NCR), Mumbai JNPT, and Chennai and two food laboratories at Sanauli and Raxaul on the Indo-Nepal border.

How to get FSSAI License for Fish or Poultry Business

To ensure customer trust and sell government-certified food maintaining better quality and hygiene standards one must apply for FSSAI License. Depending on your scale of business and turnover you can apply for any one of the three Food Licenses (Basic/State/Central).

A very quick and easy way to apply is through the digital portal of Online Legal India™, where you will be connected to a dedicated team of Food Licensing experts, who can provide 1-hour registration. So trust the market leaders and Get your own FSSAI License within 25-30 days

Apart from obtaining the food license, the business experts here will provide 24X7 assistance in your GST Registration & Tax Filing, Company Registration, Trademark Registration, and any sort of assistance to incorporate your trading.

So, how team Online Legal India™ can help you begin a food business? Let us know in the comment box.