FSSAI Registration in Bangalore

Karnataka's food safety set-up

Food safety in Karnataka sits with the Commissioner of Food Safety, Karnataka, under the Health and Family Welfare set-up. Each district has a Designated Officer who acts as the licensing authority, with Food Safety Officers carrying out inspections. Bengaluru's premises fall mostly in Bengaluru Urban district, but a warehouse in Hoskote or a unit near Nelamangala is in Bengaluru Rural, so the officer depends on the address you enter on FoSCoS. We fix the district from the exact address before filing.

Central licences, for importers, e-commerce platforms and turnover above ₹50 crore, go to FSSAI's regional office in Bengaluru, at the BSNL Telephone Exchange building in Vijayanagar, not to the state.

The trade licence alongside FSSAI

A Bengaluru food business also needs a trade licence from the city's municipal body. For years that was BBMP. Under the Greater Bengaluru governance law of 2025, the city now comes under the Greater Bengaluru Authority and new city corporations, and trade licensing has moved with it. The licence is issued for a trade at a premises. Areas outside the old BBMP limits, such as parts of Hoskote or Anekal, deal with their own local bodies. We confirm the issuing office for your address, and we do not quote municipal fees.

Common Bengaluru cases

• A restaurant with one premises takes Basic or State by turnover; a chain across Indiranagar, Jayanagar and Whitefield needs one credential per outlet.
• A cloud kitchen brand running five kitchens needs five credentials, one per kitchen, even if one company owns them all.
• A home baker usually takes a Basic registration for the home kitchen.
• A marketplace or delivery app seller licenses its own kitchen or warehouse by turnover. A D2C brand selling through its own website or app needs a Central licence.
• A trader importing coffee, cocoa or specialty ingredients needs a Central licence for importing, whatever the turnover.
• A dark store or warehouse storing food for a quick-commerce platform needs its own credential as storage.

Worked example: a Bengaluru cloud kitchen brand

Illustrative only. A company runs a biryani brand from three kitchens and a central commissary, and also sells ready-to-cook kits on its own app.

Each kitchen's listing on the delivery apps carries that kitchen's own number. The Whitefield kitchen crossed ₹1.5 crore, so it moves to a State licence; we track turnover per kitchen, not per brand, so the right premises is upgraded.

Co-packers, D2C brands and older licences

Many Bengaluru food brands do not cook or pack anything themselves. They use a co-packer in Peenya or Bommasandra and sell under their own name. The co-packer's premises must hold its own licence covering the products it makes. The brand owner needs its own credential too, and if it sells through its own website or app, that is a Central licence. The pack should carry the numbers the labelling rules require, which usually means the brand owner's and, where different, the manufacturer's, so we check the label artwork against the credentials before printing.

Older licences are the other common question. A Koramangala cafe that took a State licence when the Basic limit was ₹12 lakh may now fall under Basic registration if its turnover is under ₹1.5 crore. An existing licence stays valid, so there is no rush, but we look at the FoSCoS dashboard for any end date shown on a licence issued before 1 April 2026 and plan the change around the next annual fee.

Finally, the kind of business chosen on FoSCoS must match the premises. A kitchen that also bottles sauces for retail is a manufacturer as well as a food service business, and that changes the form and the documents.