{"id":46,"date":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fssaifoodcom\/blog\/fssai-compliance-for-online-food-sellers-and-e-commerce-platforms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:29:06","slug":"fssai-compliance-for-online-food-sellers-and-e-commerce-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/fssai-compliance-for-online-food-sellers-and-e-commerce-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSAI Compliance for Online Food Sellers and E-Commerce Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FSSAI Rules for Online Food Sales<\/h2>\n<p>The growth of e-commerce has created a new category of food sellers who operate entirely online. Whether you sell through marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart or through your own website, FSSAI compliance is mandatory.<\/p>\n<h3>License Category for Online Sellers<\/h3>\n<p>Packaged food sellers on e-commerce platforms typically need at least a State License. Multi-state sellers who ship across India often require a Central License. Basic Registration is usually insufficient for online sellers due to the multi-state nature of e-commerce.<\/p>\n<h3>Platform Requirements<\/h3>\n<p>Marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart and JioMart require sellers to provide a valid FSSAI license number during onboarding. Without it, you cannot list food products on these platforms.<\/p>\n<h3>Labelling for E-Commerce<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>All mandatory label elements must be on the product packaging<\/li>\n<li>The FSSAI license number must match the one used for platform registration<\/li>\n<li>Product images on the listing must clearly show the FSSAI logo and number<\/li>\n<li>Nutritional information and ingredient lists must be accurate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Common Compliance Gaps<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Using a Basic Registration when a State License is required<\/li>\n<li>License number on packaging does not match the platform listing<\/li>\n<li>Missing or incorrect nutritional information<\/li>\n<li>Expired license not renewed before listing goes live<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selling food on Amazon, Flipkart, JioMart or your own website? FSSAI compliance has specific rules for online food sellers. What you need to know.<\/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-46","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\/46","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=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/56"}],"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=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}