FSSAI Licence Consultants—People Who Make FSSAI Licence Procurement Easy
by Jeeny Cruz Content WriterThe food and healthcare
industry in India is governed by certain rules and regulations pertaining to
food, medical equipment, drugs or medicines used. The importance of these rules
and regulations lie in the fact that they ensure that malpractices are kept at
bay. However, the role of FSSAI is broader than most of these regulatory
authorities since it deals with food we eat every day and the health
supplements, nutraceuticals.
Role of FSSAI
This autonomous body deals with
food safety and its regulation thereby playing a very important role in
protecting public health and promoting good and healthy living. It aims to:
·
Lay
scientific standards for food quality,
·
Laying
down laws to regulate:
o
The
manufacture of food,
o
Its
subsequent storage,
o Distribution and sale of food.
These
rules pertain to both food manufactured indigenously and imported from other
countries.
·
Ensuring
that food is safe for consumption.
The formation of the FSSAI
brought many previous acts under the same umbrella thereby broadening its role
and scope.
Importance of FSSAI compliance
Today FSSAI compliance has become mandatory for any individual or company
which wants to operate in the food industry or in anything related to food.
This compliance can be obtained by following 5 steps given below:
·
Nutritional Label:
The nutritional label which states the nutritional value, health and functional
claims, etc. of the food/health supplements contained in the package is a
mandatory feature. Hence nutritional parameters with regards to the calories of
proteins, fats, carbohydrates, sugar, energy etc., present need to be
specifically mentioned on the label.
·
Shelf life:
The shelf life refers to the date after which the concerned food product
becomes unfit for consumption. This is also known as the expiry date and every
food product package needs to have the same mentioned on its label prominently
with necessary declarations.
·
GAP audit:
This audit is dome by FSSAI officials and involves:
o
Visual
inspection of the food handling facilities, including the storage, processing,
serving areas,
o
Identification
of the applicable FSSAI standards and inspection for their compliance
o
Identification
of possible GAPs and recommendations
o
Ensuring compliance
of the food handling processes and its application for the FSSAI standards.
·
Food safety plan:
This involves an audit to understand thoroughly the understanding of the:
o
Food
handling process,
o
Food
management system and
o Designing the comprehensive food safety manual.
The
manual designing is done on the basis of the applicable FSSAI standards.
·
Water testing:
This is done to ensure that the water used does not contaminate the food
prepared.
Importance of a license consultant
Finding out the FSSAI rules and
regulations applicable and ensuring their compliance can be a tedious process.
In fact it would not be wrong to say that understanding the compliances
required too can be a problem. Hence getting in touch with a FSSAI license consultant becomes
mandatory as they are able to:
·
Guide a
person through the whole process,
·
Ensure
the paperwork is in order,
·
Identify
the applicable standards,
·
Check to
see if any lacuna is present and
·
Help the
business to obtain the licence in exchange for a fee.
Standards set by FSSAI for
different categories of food are done with the intention of ensuring that the
people of India are able to get good and healthy food. It is thus mandatory for
the same to be followed especially if one is in the food business.
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