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Health Drinks Business Registration Guide

The document discusses the various registrations and licenses required to start a business manufacturing health drinks in India. These include business registration, GST registration if annual turnover exceeds the threshold, PF and ESI registration if more than 20 or 10 employees respectively, pollution certificate, and drug and pharmaceuticals license if caffeine is included. It also discusses the role of FSSAI in regulating health drinks, such as requiring warning labels and setting caffeine limits. FSSAI has withdrawn approval and recalled some drinks, and directed stopping production of drinks with irrational ginseng and caffeine combinations. Manufacturers must conduct hazard analyses and training, and obtain a FSSAI license for safety and to prevent contamination.

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Health Drinks Business Registration Guide

The document discusses the various registrations and licenses required to start a business manufacturing health drinks in India. These include business registration, GST registration if annual turnover exceeds the threshold, PF and ESI registration if more than 20 or 10 employees respectively, pollution certificate, and drug and pharmaceuticals license if caffeine is included. It also discusses the role of FSSAI in regulating health drinks, such as requiring warning labels and setting caffeine limits. FSSAI has withdrawn approval and recalled some drinks, and directed stopping production of drinks with irrational ginseng and caffeine combinations. Manufacturers must conduct hazard analyses and training, and obtain a FSSAI license for safety and to prevent contamination.

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 Business registration is the first and foremost step for commencing the business of

manufacturing Health Drinks. It should be set up under an artificial legal entity like
company or LLP.
 GST Registration: After the implementation of GST, it is mandatory for every business
carrying out a taxable supply of goods or services and whose turnover exceeds the
threshold limit to register under GST and obtain GST number
 PF Registration: If there are more than 20 employees in the company or manufacturing
unit, then it is obligatory upon the unit management to obtain EPF registration.
 ESI Registration: It is mandatory in India for all Businesses that employ 10 or more
employees to obtain Employee’s State Insurance ESI Registration.
 Pollution Certificate: It is mandatory for every establishment before commencing its
activity to obtain No Objection Certificate from State Pollution Control Board
 Drug and Pharmaceuticals license: If the drink include caffeine in it then has to take
permission from the Food and drug department regarding the limit of caffeine in the drink

Role of FSSAI in health Drinks:


FSSAI or the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India have taken a lot of steps to strip off
the term health or energy drinks from these concoctions available in the market. It has been
obligatory upon the manufacturer to carry a safety warning on the label of their drinks so that the
consumers came to know what they are actually drinking. Moreover, the label must also disclose
if these drinks are not suitable for consumption for lactating or pregnant women and children,
people who are sensitive to caffeine”. The label must also indicate the limit of consumption in a
single day.

Recently, the agency has finalized the latest NOI standards that to be ensured in these drinks.

Steps taken by the FSSAI


 In case of some health drinks, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India withdrew
the NOC of their products and recalled them considering them as unsafe
 On June 11th, 2015, the Authority indicates the manufacturers of one of the popular
health drinks, “Restless Energy Drink” and recommended them to recall it immediately
from the market.
 In the year 2014, the FSSAI’s scientific panel observes that an irrational Ginseng and
Caffeine combination impose an opposing effect on the human body. The company has
been directed to stop the production, sale, and distribution of health drink in the market
which contains this combination.

Things to be compiled before applying for FSSAI License for


Health Drinks:
 A hazard analyst test must be done.
 Employees must be trained in handling correct food product
 Distributors must ascertain the quality of food items.
 Limits must be ascertained for every controlling point. Proper procedures must be framed
for maintaining food production standard and verification procedure must be established
to confirm corrective actions.

Therefore, for the safety purpose, it is mandatory for the manufacturer to take FSSAI license so
that consumers can consume various foods and drink products without any stress or fear of
contamination or adulteration.

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