Common Reasons for FSSAI Application Rejection on FoSCoS and How to Clear Departmental Queries

Avoiding FoSCoS Rejections & Clearing Departmental Queries

When an FDA Maharashtra Food Safety Officer flags a deficiency on your FoSCoS application, the status updates to “Application Reverted for Clarification”. Applicants have strictly 30 days to resolve the query, or the application is rejected and fees forfeited.

Top 6 Causes of FSSAI Application Queries in Pune:

1. Inadmissible Water Test Reports: Submitting a test report from an unauthorized private lab or a report older than 1 year. The report must be from an NABL-accredited or public health lab.
2. Vague Plant / Kitchen Layout: Blueprints that fail to specify dimensions, storage areas, or pest-control points.
3. Kind of Business (KoB) Mismatch: Declaring catering activities under a wholesale distribution category.
4. Expired or Incomplete Premises Proof: Electricity bills older than 2 months or rent agreements lacking an owner NOC.
5. Missing Form IX: For corporate and partnership applicants, failing to submit the mandatory board resolution appointing the nominee food safety head.
6. Unclear Medical Fitness Certificates: In food manufacturing, failing to submit medical fitness certificates for all food handlers.

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