New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has started a special drive for licencing and registration of food businesses from October 1, and has directed the state food safety departments to take it up to ensure food safety compliance under their jurisdiction.

As per the letter dated July 1st 2019, the drive will continue for three months i.e., till December 31.

The drive is to address four types of non-compliance which include FBOs that are running in the city without registration certificates which are required to obtain a license, FBOs continuing business with an expired license or running a business without a license, businesses that have obtained fresh license instead of renewing the previous one ...