{"id":38,"date":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fssaifoodcom\/blog\/fssai-requirements-for-home-bakers-and-home-based-food-businesses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:35:45","slug":"fssai-requirements-for-home-bakers-and-home-based-food-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/fssai-requirements-for-home-bakers-and-home-based-food-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSAI Requirements for Home Bakers and Home-Based Food Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Do Home-Based Food Businesses Need FSSAI?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. If you are selling food from your home \u2014 whether it is cakes, snacks, pickles, tiffin services or any other food product \u2014 you are required to obtain FSSAI registration. There is no exemption for home-based operations.<\/p>\n<h3>Basic Registration is Usually Enough<\/h3>\n<p>Most home-based food businesses have an annual turnover well under \u20b912 lakh, which means Basic Registration is the appropriate category. The government fee is \u20b9100 per year and the application can be filed online through the FoSCoS portal.<\/p>\n<p>Even if your turnover is very small, registration is still mandatory. Operating without it is a violation of the Food Safety and Standards Act.<\/p>\n<h3>What You Need to Apply<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aadhaar Card or PAN Card<\/li>\n<li>Passport-size photograph<\/li>\n<li>Proof of address (electricity bill or rent agreement)<\/li>\n<li>Basic Registration Form A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Considerations for Home Bakers<\/h3>\n<p>If you are selling packaged food products, you may also need to comply with labelling and packaging requirements under FSSAI regulations. This includes having a proper label with the FSSAI logo, license number, ingredient list, nutritional information, and best-before date.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that the process for home-based businesses is quick and affordable. Most applications are processed within 7\u201310 working days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FSSAI applies to home kitchens too. Here is what home bakers, tiffin services and home-based food sellers need to know about mandatory registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-types","category-registration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}