{"id":42,"date":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fssaifoodcom\/blog\/fssai-for-packaged-food-products-labelling-and-registration-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:34:58","slug":"fssai-for-packaged-food-products-labelling-and-registration-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/fssai-for-packaged-food-products-labelling-and-registration-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSAI for Packaged Food Products: Labelling and Registration Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FSSAI Labelling Requirements for Packaged Food<\/h2>\n<p>If you sell any packaged food product in India \u2014 whether through retail stores, online platforms or wholesale channels \u2014 you must comply with FSSAI labelling and packaging regulations in addition to holding a valid license.<\/p>\n<h3>Mandatory Label Elements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>FSSAI logo and license\/registration number<\/li>\n<li>Product name and description<\/li>\n<li>Complete list of ingredients in descending order of weight<\/li>\n<li>Nutritional information panel<\/li>\n<li>Net quantity and weight declaration<\/li>\n<li>Date of manufacture and best before \/ use by date<\/li>\n<li>Batch number or lot number<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturer name and complete address<\/li>\n<li>Country of origin (for imported products)<\/li>\n<li>MRP (Maximum Retail Price) inclusive of all taxes<\/li>\n<li>Vegetarian \/ Non-vegetarian green dot symbol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Common Compliance Mistakes<\/h3>\n<p>Many new food businesses make these avoidable errors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missing FSSAI number on the label<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect ingredient list order<\/li>\n<li>Absent or incomplete nutritional information<\/li>\n<li>Wrong MRP declaration<\/li>\n<li>Missing green dot for vegetarian products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Getting It Right<\/h3>\n<p>Before printing packaging material, get your label design reviewed by a compliance expert. Reprinting labels due to errors is expensive and delays your product launch significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packaged food sellers must comply with FSSAI labelling norms in addition to registration. Mandatory label elements and common compliance mistakes covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-types","category-documentation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","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=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/60"}],"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=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}