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Meera plans to start a unit that manufactures packaged biscuits and sells them across India under her own brand. Before commencing operations, which licence or registration is specifically required because of the nature of her product?

A biscuit manufacturer is a food business operator, so it must obtain registration or a licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 before starting operations. Drug, cosmetic or mining laws regulate different products and do not govern packaged food manufacture.

  1. ARegistration or licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006Correct
  2. BRegistration under the Legal Metrology Act only for exporters
  3. CLicence under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
  4. DRegistration under the Mines and Minerals Act

Explanation

Any food business operator, including a manufacturer of packaged biscuits, must obtain registration or licence from the Food Safety authority under the FSS Act, 2006. The Drugs and Cosmetics Act deals with medicines and cosmetics, and the Mines and Minerals law deals with mining, so neither applies to biscuits.

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