Fssai (Food Safety )

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled
food related issues in various Ministries and Departments. FSSAI has
been created for laying down science based standards for articles of
food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and
import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human
consumption.
Under this Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006,
Various central Acts like Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954,
Fruit Products Order, 1955, Meat Food Products Order, 1973, Vegetable
Oil Products (Control) Order, 1947, Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation)
Order 1988, Solvent Extracted Oil, De- Oiled Meal and Edible Flour
(Control) Order, 1967, Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992 etc will be
repealed after commencement of FSS Act, 2006.

List of Food Business Falling under the Preview of Central Licensing Authority
1. Dairy Units
2. Vegetable Oil Processing Units and Units producing Vegetable Oil
3. All Slaughter houses
4. Meat Processing Units 
5. All Food Processing Units and 100% Export Oriented Units.
7. All Importer importing food items including food ingredients and additives for commercial use.
8. All Food Business Operators manufacturing any article of food
containing ingredients or substances or using technologies or processes
or combination thereof whose safety has not been established through
these regulations or which do not have been a history of safe use or
food containing ingredients which are being introduced for the first
time into the country.
9. Food Business Operator Operating in two or more states.
10. Food Catering Services in establishments and units under central
government agencies like railways, air and airport, seaport, defense
Etc