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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Steps taken for Licensing Compliance and Formalisation of Small Food Vendors
Over 74.33 Lakh Active Food Business Licences and Registrations Issued Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 FSSAI Simplifies Licensing Framework Through Perpetual Validity, Free Registration for Street Vendors and Tatkal Licensing Government Promotes Formalisation of Food Businesses Through Deemed Registration and Simplified Licensing Reforms Over 2.23 Lakh Food Samples Analysed; More Than 40,000 Non-conforming Samples Detected in 2025–26
Posted On:
28 JUL 2026 6:12PM by PIB Delhi
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has undertaken several measures to strengthen food safety, simplify regulatory compliance and promote the formalisation of food businesses. FSSAI is mandated to lay down science-based standards for articles of food and regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure the availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption.
The implementation and enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 is a shared responsibility of the Central and State Governments. To facilitate and encourage informal, small and petty Food Business Operators (FBOs) to come under the formal food safety and licensing framework, FSSAI has implemented the following key measures:
- Introducing the provision for deemed registration of street food vendors, hawkers, food trucks, carts and similar food businesses registered under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 to address the dual compliance requirements for street food vendors, registered with municipal corporation and town vending committee.
- Street food vendors and hawkers are completely exempt from the FSSAI registration fee. Applicable for both new registrations and renewals, eligible vendors can obtain a 5-year registration certificate completely free of charge.
- To reduce the regulatory burden on FBOs and promote ease of doing business, FSSAI has introduced perpetual validity for licences and registrations. Earlier, licences and registrations were required to be renewed periodically, with validity ranging from one to five years. Under the revised framework, licences and registrations will remain valid indefinitely, thereby eliminating the need for periodic renewals while ensuring continued compliance with the provisions of the FSS Act, 2006, and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
- Tatkal issuance of License/Registration has been implemented w.e.f. 28th June 2024 under certain kind of low-risk food businesses such as Wholesalers, Distributors, Retailers, Transporters, Storage without atmospheric control, Importers, Food vending agencies, Direct sellers and Merchant–Exporters.
The State-wise details of active Licences and Registrations issued under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 are annexed at Annexure-I. Details of enforcement action taken for all non-conforming foods products (including adulteration) across the country (State-wise) in the last 5 years is annexed at Annexure-II, III, IV, V and VI respectively.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Prataprao Jadhav, stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure-I
State-wise details of active Licences and Registrations issued under the
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (as on 30.06.2026)
|
S.No
|
State
|
Central License
|
State License
|
Registration
|
|
1
|
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
|
13
|
1834
|
8737
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
2380
|
39184
|
103029
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
61
|
6111
|
11644
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
1615
|
16163
|
78420
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
1114
|
36130
|
72825
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
342
|
3127
|
2052
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
647
|
19293
|
111373
|
|
8
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
|
104
|
1662
|
6245
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
6507
|
33195
|
111424
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
335
|
4172
|
32852
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
13124
|
76851
|
225963
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
4602
|
27326
|
87196
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
812
|
9772
|
109128
|
|
14
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
430
|
12247
|
134912
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
427
|
11304
|
71266
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
4674
|
77646
|
332358
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
3736
|
63275
|
408067
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
10
|
554
|
8343
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
2
|
75
|
2950
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2482
|
40440
|
351727
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
16816
|
187598
|
1015455
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
32
|
1522
|
29941
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
75
|
2999
|
17357
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
12
|
509
|
15622
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
33
|
891
|
12308
|
|
26
|
Odisha
|
855
|
23816
|
109460
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
200
|
2458
|
8424
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
2467
|
29829
|
126117
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
3444
|
61357
|
583285
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
28
|
864
|
12413
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
8354
|
140204
|
711285
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
3066
|
35725
|
133951
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
123
|
2160
|
15001
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
5794
|
120720
|
848562
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
958
|
10479
|
67318
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
5331
|
61557
|
202291
|
|
|
Total
|
91,005
|
11,63,049
|
6179301
|
Annexure-II
|
Details of enforcement action taken by the State/UT Food Safety Authorities against non-conforming food products (including adulteration) during the Year 2025-2026
|
|
S. No.
|
State
|
Samples analyzed
|
No. of Samples found Non-Conforming
|
Civil Cases
|
Criminal Cases
|
|
Decided with Penalty
|
No. of Convictions
|
|
1
|
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
5,798
|
429
|
196
|
16
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
191
|
10
|
1
|
0
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
1,444
|
117
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
1,850
|
94
|
25
|
0
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
603
|
53
|
71
|
17
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2,065
|
214
|
200
|
2
|
|
8
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
|
151
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
1,684
|
109
|
32
|
16
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
2,492
|
321
|
12
|
0
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
11,903
|
824
|
842
|
65
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
2,335
|
723
|
1,424
|
116
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1,589
|
321
|
359
|
9
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
6,546
|
664
|
1,368
|
14
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
1,281
|
356
|
73
|
0
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
13,349
|
537
|
248
|
33
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
16,746
|
1,863
|
1,026
|
330
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
519
|
26
|
12
|
0
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
12,448
|
757
|
1,790
|
32
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
7,694
|
1,335
|
2,445
|
8
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
570
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
388
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
198
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
238
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
1,110
|
61
|
0
|
0
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
388
|
84
|
0
|
0
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
7,809
|
1,031
|
723
|
25
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
17,325
|
4,594
|
2,695
|
31
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
418
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
44,603
|
3,984
|
1,359
|
857
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
3,576
|
398
|
0
|
0
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
304
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
39,519
|
20,427
|
14,890
|
342
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
1,937
|
224
|
243
|
5
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
14,737
|
410
|
1,837
|
0
|
|
|
Total
|
2,23,808
|
40,023
|
31,878
|
1,918
|
* The data for FY 2025–26 is provisional and subject to revision based on the outcome of further lab testing and court proceedings.
Annexure-III
|
Details of enforcement action taken by the State/UT Food Safety Authorities against non-conforming food products (including adulteration) during the year 2024-2025
|
|
S. No.
|
State/UT
|
No. of Samples Analysed
|
No. of Samples found Non-Conforming
|
Civil Cases
|
Criminal Cases
|
|
Decided with Penalty
|
No. of Convictions
|
|
1
|
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
|
810
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
5984
|
514
|
464
|
8
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
125
|
9
|
7
|
0
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
1705
|
234
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
2863
|
124
|
25
|
0
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
374
|
65
|
116
|
41
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2069
|
270
|
143
|
6
|
|
8
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
|
56
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
2624
|
130
|
18
|
16
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
1172
|
74
|
11
|
0
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
12387
|
901
|
859
|
91
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
2233
|
500
|
599
|
59
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1587
|
293
|
471
|
0
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
6955
|
651
|
1,239
|
29
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
364
|
138
|
52
|
0
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
9371
|
662
|
283
|
32
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
10767
|
1635
|
1,088
|
206
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
417
|
45
|
38
|
0
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
13920
|
1635
|
2,597
|
22
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
5403
|
1250
|
1,147
|
0
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
126
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
388
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
223
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
2282
|
273
|
27
|
0
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
173
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
4131
|
748
|
333
|
8
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
13840
|
3788
|
3,114
|
30
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
254
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
18071
|
2240
|
1,536
|
492
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
3347
|
324
|
125
|
0
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
123
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
30380
|
16500
|
14,920
|
215
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
1509
|
140
|
256
|
4
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
14502
|
1217
|
672
|
6
|
|
|
Total
|
170535
|
34388
|
30142
|
1265
|
Annexure-IV
|
Details of enforcement action taken by the State/UT Food Safety Authorities against non-conforming food products (including adulteration) during the year 2023-24
|
|
S. No.
|
State/UT
|
No. of Samples Analysed
|
No. of samples found Non-Conforming
|
Civil Cases
|
Criminal Cases
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decided with penalty
|
No. of Convictions
|
|
1
|
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
6439
|
472
|
646
|
8
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
501
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
1139
|
125
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
2806
|
126
|
79
|
0
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
311
|
49
|
87
|
52
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1373
|
167
|
86
|
2
|
|
8
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
|
185
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
3412
|
150
|
36
|
12
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
599
|
16
|
17
|
0
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
15841
|
910
|
1701
|
65
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
3485
|
856
|
593
|
47
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1618
|
401
|
376
|
2
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
9057
|
750
|
1612
|
22
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
384
|
292
|
59
|
0
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
5492
|
286
|
75
|
16
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
10792
|
1304
|
854
|
134
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
638
|
11
|
19
|
0
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
13998
|
2022
|
1938
|
46
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
5087
|
1174
|
154
|
0
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
168
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
123
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
138
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
2003
|
252
|
0
|
0
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
31
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
6041
|
929
|
1204
|
102
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
18536
|
3493
|
2181
|
12
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
231
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
18146
|
2237
|
2195
|
478
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
6156
|
973
|
425
|
0
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
87
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
27750
|
16183
|
14627
|
163
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
1998
|
192
|
332
|
0
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
5948
|
414
|
285
|
0
|
|
|
Total
|
170513
|
33808
|
29586
|
1161
|
Annexure-V
|
Details of enforcement action taken by the State/UT Food Safety Authorities against non-conforming food products (including adulteration) during the year 2022-23
|
|
S.
No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
No. of Samples Analysed
|
No. of Samples found Non- Conforming
|
Civil Cases
|
Criminal Cases
|
|
Convicted with penalty
|
No. of Conviction
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
1200
|
46
|
58
|
0
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
3607
|
314
|
339
|
12
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
258
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
602
|
99
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
2935
|
92
|
39
|
0
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
473
|
64
|
27
|
8
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1468
|
96
|
119
|
8
|
|
8
|
Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
|
164
|
10
|
13
|
0
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
3133
|
255
|
86
|
10
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
699
|
103
|
11
|
0
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
14562
|
978
|
547
|
24
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
4445
|
1425
|
915
|
35
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2720
|
729
|
93
|
1
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
13502
|
1195
|
1592
|
15
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
943
|
370
|
44
|
8
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
3416
|
322
|
191
|
15
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
8533
|
1362
|
454
|
33
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
220
|
6
|
23
|
0
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
12507
|
2092
|
1908
|
71
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
11077
|
1340
|
198
|
5
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
169
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
409
|
41
|
0
|
0
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
140
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
109
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
26
|
Odisha
|
1368
|
367
|
47
|
0
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
8179
|
1724
|
1404
|
5
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
13184
|
3965
|
2435
|
4
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
279
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
24188
|
7924
|
3714
|
678
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
4809
|
894
|
315
|
0
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
31
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
30140
|
18108
|
13148
|
251
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
1839
|
342
|
507
|
5
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
6203
|
334
|
233
|
0
|
|
Total
|
177511
|
44626
|
28464
|
1188
|
Annexure-VI
|
Details of enforcement action taken by the State/UT Food Safety Authorities against non-conforming food products (including adulteration) during the year 2021-22
|
|
S.
No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
No. of Samples Analysed
|
No. of Samples found Non- Conforming
|
Civil Cases
|
Criminal Cases
|
|
Convicted with penalty
|
No. of Conviction
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
850
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
5290
|
533
|
484
|
6
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
108
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
520
|
67
|
5
|
0
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
555
|
17
|
75
|
0
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
388
|
28
|
60
|
1
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1436
|
180
|
90
|
6
|
|
8
|
Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
|
234
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
1956
|
218
|
89
|
27
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
200
|
14
|
2
|
0
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
13663
|
824
|
668
|
14
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
4235
|
1182
|
78
|
21
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1745
|
308
|
249
|
0
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
8109
|
1735
|
1931
|
4
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
175
|
85
|
42
|
8
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
5844
|
150
|
125
|
0
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
7855
|
925
|
237
|
10
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
47
|
19
|
12
|
0
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
16059
|
2900
|
2030
|
72
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
9580
|
1454
|
787
|
12
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
236
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
70
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
127
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
|
26
|
Odisha
|
1168
|
260
|
52
|
0
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
6768
|
1059
|
0
|
8
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
10386
|
2891
|
626
|
1
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
66
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
16363
|
3778
|
2884
|
360
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
3077
|
353
|
77
|
0
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
31
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
21987
|
13153
|
8585
|
118
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
2511
|
560
|
182
|
1
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
2701
|
207
|
52
|
1
|
|
Total
|
144345
|
32935
|
19437
|
671
|
****
(Release ID: 2290625)
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