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The organic food business is a very profitable business idea. If you wish to start an organic food business, you would need various licenses and permissions from multiple regulatory bodies, responsible for making laws and regulations for the food and associated sectors. In this blog, you would get to know all the information you would need to start your own organic food business.
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Organic Food Business is a type of business dealing with selling, purchasing, labeling, etc. of organic food products. Organic food, as defined by Section 22 of the Food Safety and Standardization Act, 2006, means the food products which are produced in accordance with the specified standards for organic production.
Section 22 of the Food Safety and Standardization Act, 2006 gives regulations for “Genetically modified foods, organic foods, functional foods, proprietary foods, etc.” It specifies that no person or entity is allowed to sell, distribute, manufacture, import any novel foods, genetically modified foods, organic foods, functional foods, irradiated foods, foods for particular dietary uses, nutraceuticals, health supplements, or any other such food articles as notified by the Central Government.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India keep an eye on the organic businesses and ensure that these businesses get the two systems of certification. Namely, the Participatory Guarantee System {PGS} provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the National Program for Organic Production {NPOP} supplied by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. These two certification systems are supervised under the Food Safety and Standards {Organic Food} Regulations by the FSSAI.
The Participatory Guarantee System or PGS is an internationally recognized organic quality assurance such as the ISO 9000, which is implemented and controlled by the committed organic farmer/producers by active participation with the consumers, in a process which is based on absolute trust. In other words, we can say that PGS is a certification scheme for organic foods.
National Program for Organic Production is a certification scheme for organic farmers. It was initiated to assist the organic farmers in flourishing in both the domestic and the international markets.
It is mandatory for every organic product to contain the India Organic Certificate on all of its outer packaging. The entity should voluntarily get the India Organic logo for their products. As per the Food Safety and Standards {Packaging and Labelling} Regulations, 2011, the contents of labels of the food product should be as follows;
Organic food businesses in India get the following type of food license from the FSSAI that is valid for five years:
Such food businesses need to take state license from their respective state governments. Also, they need permissions from the health departments.
The following documents are needed to apply for the food license;
As per the new laws for selling of organic products, it is mandatory for entities to get the following certifications also;
The following initiatives are taken by the Government of India to promote and help flourish the organic sector;
The organic food sector is growing at an astounding rate in the Indian market. As people are getting educated and hence, more health-conscious, it is expected for the organic food industry to grow by 25% in the coming three years. The advancement in technology and various other such factors ensures the achievement of this growth rate. Moreover, the government is also taking various initiatives to help improve this sector and generate awareness.
The top eight organic startups in India are as follows;
The organic food business is an industry which holds a lot of scope of growth in various ways, such as employing numerous ways if supplied with proper funding. Moreover, with the development of organic farming, consumers will be able to consume healthier foods and stay healthier.
Tanya is working as writer & editor from past 2 years with experience in covering startup and technology related topics.
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