{"id":41,"date":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fssaifoodcom\/blog\/central-fssai-license-who-needs-it-and-how-to-apply\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T05:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:12:45","slug":"central-fssai-license-who-needs-it-and-how-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/central-fssai-license-who-needs-it-and-how-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Central FSSAI License: Who Needs It and How to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\nWhen is a Central License Required?<\/h2>\n<p>A Central FSSAI License is required in specific situations regardless of turnover, and always when annual turnover exceeds \u20b920 crore. Here is who needs it.<\/p>\n<h3>Mandatory Central License Categories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Businesses with annual turnover above \u20b920 crore<\/li>\n<li>Importers and exporters of food products<\/li>\n<li>Large-scale food manufacturers and processors<\/li>\n<li>Operators at airports, seaports and railways<\/li>\n<li>Agencies supplying food to government departments<\/li>\n<li>Businesses operating across multiple states<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Application Process<\/h3>\n<p>The Central License application is filed on Form B through the FoSCoS portal. The process involves document submission, fee payment and department verification. An inspection may be conducted before issuance.<\/p>\n<h3>Government Fee<\/h3>\n<p>The government fee for Central License is \u20b97,500 per year. This is the same regardless of whether you are a manufacturer, importer or exporter.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Documents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Form B \u2014 completed and signed<\/li>\n<li>Import Export Code (IEC) for importers\/exporters<\/li>\n<li>Turnover certificate certified by a Chartered Accountant<\/li>\n<li>Complete list of food products handled<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing unit layout plan<\/li>\n<li>Water test report<\/li>\n<li>Food safety management plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Processing Time<\/h3>\n<p>Central License applications typically take 20\u201330 working days. Due to the higher scrutiny level, having complete documentation is critical to avoid delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central License is mandatory for large manufacturers, importers, exporters and multi-state operators. Eligibility, fee and application process explained.<\/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-41","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\/41","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=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/89"}],"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=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}