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FBO Registration

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FBO State License

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FBO Central License

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Who needs FBO Registration

Food Business Operators (with an annual turnover less than ₹12 lakhs.)
  • Petty Food Business Operators
  • Small-scale Food Manufacturers, Processors, Distributors, Retailers, or Suppliers, Repackers.
  • Hawkers, Petty retailer, Itinerant vendors, and temporary stall holders,Thela, Sweets shop, Juices stall etc
  • Cottage industries related to food production.
  • Meat Processing Units, Vegitable Oil Processing Units
  • Temporary or fixed stall or food premise involved in preparation, storage, distribution and sale of food products that can be served as a snacks/ tea/coffee and similar variants.
  • Substances added to Food
  • Storage – Cold/Refrigerated Cold/refrigerated
  • Storage – Atmospheric Controlled + Cold Controlled Atmosphere
  • Storage Without Atmospheric Controlled + Cold
  • Transporter (upto single vehical)
  • Wholesaler, Distributor, Retailer, Hotel, Restaurants, Club, Canteen, Dhaba
  • Boarding housesserving food, Banquet halls with food catering arrangements, Home Based Canteens/ Dabba Wallas, Permanent/ Temporary stall Holder, Food stalls/ Arrangements in religious gatherings/ fairs etc
  • Mid-Day Meal Canteen
Dairy Units including Milk Chilling Units (Upto 500 Ltrs of Milk per day, Upto 2.5 MT of Milk Solids per annum)

Handling, processing, manufacturing, packing, storing, distribution & transportation of milk and milk products.

Slaughtering House (with not more than; Large Animals: 2, Small Animals: 10, Poultry Birds: 50)

Slaughtering means a process of transporting, stunning, butchering, dressing, processing, storing & distribution of live animal/poultry birds

All Food Manufacturing/ Processing units other than Dairy Units, Vegetable Oil, Meat Processing and Slaughtering Houses
  • With in the capacity of Turnover upto Rs. 12 Lacs per annum Or Production capacity upto 100 Kgs/Ltrs per day
Food Vending Agencies

Either Turnover upto Rs. 12 Lacs per annum OR upto 12 vending machines in only one State/UT

Departmental Canteens at the premises of Central Govt. Institutions

This needs a Central Registration

Caterers/Restaurants/Canteens/Hawkers/Petty Retailers at the
premises of Railway Stations

Who needs FBO State License

All FBOs listed below (with defined Turnover or Capicity for State License )
  • Dairy Units including Milk Chilling Units
  • Vegetable Oil Processing Units
  • Slaughtering House
  • Meat Processing Units
  • Manufactturing and Processing Units
  • Additive, Enzme preprator,
  • Storage – Cold/Refrigerated Cold/refrigerated
  • Storage – Atmospheric Controlled + Cold Controlled Atmosphere
  • Storage Without Atmospheric Controlled + Cold
  • Transporter, Wholeseller, Distributor, Retailer, Repacker, Hotel, Restaurants, Club, Canteen, Catreer, Food Vending Agencies, Dhaba, Mid-Day-Meal Canteen,

Who needs FBO Central License

All FBOs listed below (with defined Turnover or Capicity for Central License )
  • E-Commece
  • Head Office & Registered Office
  • Exporter & Importers
  • Railway Caterers, Restaurents, Canteens, Hawkers & Petty Retailers
  • Food Business Activities at premises of Airport/Seaport
  • Departmental Canteens at the premises of Central Govt. Institutions
  • Dairy Units including Milk Chilling Units
  • Vegetable Oil Processing Units
  • Slaughtering House
  • Meat Processing Units
  • Manufactturing and Processing Units
  • Additive, Enzme preprator,
  • Storage – Cold/Refrigerated Cold/refrigerated
  • Storage – Atmospheric Controlled + Cold Controlled Atmosphere
  • Storage Without Atmospheric Controlled + Cold
  • Transporter, Wholeseller, Distributor, Retailer, Repacker, Hotel, Restaurants, Club, Canteen, Catreer, Food Vending Agencies, Dhaba, Mid-Day-Meal Canteen,