In 2021, with the aim of benefitting industries involved in manufacturing, handling, packaging and selling of food items, FSSAI decided to grant perpetual licenses to restaurants and food manufacturers on the condition that they file their returns every year.

FSSAI was established on 5 September 2008 under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which was operationalized in year 2006.

The FSSAI is responsible for setting standards for food so that there is one body to deal with and no confusion in the minds of consumers, traders, manufacturers, and investors.

[14][15] The following are the statutory powers that the FSS Act, 2006 gives to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

[19] The main aim of FSSAI is to The FSS Act is a bucket for all the older laws, rules and regulations for food safety.

These functions in addition to others include "Laying down procedure and guidelines for notification of the accredited laboratories as per ISO17025.

Since India is a signatory to the WTO-SPS Committee, Draft Standard is also notified in WTO.

Thereafter, taking into account the comments received from the stakeholders, the Standard is finalized and notified in the Gazette of India, and implemented.

The SFSI was created to motivate the States and Union Territories to improve their performance and work towards establishing an appropriate food safety ecosystem.