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All types of food-related businesses must apply for a food license. And the type of Food License which you need to get depends on the various factors like turnover of the food business, the scale of the food business and the kind of operations or activities you are indulged in. Basically, there are two types of FSSAI License or food Safety license or food License. One is the FSSAI License, and the other is the FSSAI Registration. But, how do you determine, which one of them is right for you? Let’s dig in detail to get more information about Food Licenses: • FSSAI Basic Registration Basic FSSAI Registration is needed by petty food business owners. The turnover of such food- related business should not exceed more than Rs.12 lakhs per annum such as a petty retailer, itinerant vendor hawker or temporary stallholders. • FSSAI State License FSSAI State License is a license issued to a business that has a turnover of between Rs.12 Lac to Rs.20 Cr. Furthermore, the turnover limit is the same for an FSSAI State Manufacturing license or an FSSAI State trading license. • FSSAI Central License Central FSSAI License is a license issued to the food businesses which hold a turnover more than Rs.20 Crore. Some of the FBOs that come under this category are Manufacturing, Trading and Storage units and so on.