{"id":48,"date":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fssaifoodcom\/blog\/fssai-license-for-dairy-businesses-milk-paneer-and-products\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:28:03","slug":"fssai-license-for-dairy-businesses-milk-paneer-and-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/fssai-license-for-dairy-businesses-milk-paneer-and-products\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSAI License for Dairy Businesses: Milk, Paneer and Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FSSAI for the Dairy Industry<\/h2>\n<p>India is the world&#8217;s largest milk producer, and the dairy sector includes everything from small milk vendors to large processing plants. Each operates under specific FSSAI requirements.<\/p>\n<h3>Categories in Dairy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Milk vendors and distributors:<\/strong> Basic Registration or State License depending on turnover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paneer, curd and yogurt makers:<\/strong> State License for most operations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ice cream manufacturers:<\/strong> State License minimum, Central License for multi-state<\/li>\n<li><strong>Milk processing plants:<\/strong> State License or Central License depending on scale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Special Requirements for Dairy<\/h3>\n<p>Dairy businesses often face additional scrutiny due to the perishable nature of their products. Key additional requirements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cold chain management documentation<\/li>\n<li>Temperature monitoring records<\/li>\n<li>Water quality test reports<\/li>\n<li>Microbial testing certificates for finished products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Government Fees<\/h3>\n<p>Dairy businesses follow the standard fee structure \u2014 Basic Registration at \u20b9100\/year and State License from \u20b92,000 to \u20b95,000\/year depending on the scale of operations.<\/p>\n<h3>Compliance Tips<\/h3>\n<p>Maintain proper temperature logs for storage and transport. During inspections, food safety officers specifically check cold chain compliance for dairy operations. Incomplete records can lead to license conditions or penalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dairy businesses including milk vendors, paneer makers, curd producers and ice cream manufacturers have specific FSSAI requirements. Here is what applies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,5,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-types","category-delhi","category-documentation","category-fssai-registration","category-registration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","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=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/54"}],"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=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fssaifoodlicense.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}