FSSAI, ISO 22000 & HACCP: A Dairy Certification Guide

Certifications are the shorthand buyers use to trust a supplier they have never visited. Knowing what each one actually covers helps you ask for the right proof — and avoid paying for claims that can't be verified.

FSSAI

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India licence is the legal baseline for food manufacturing in India. Any credible dairy supply should be produced at FSSAI-licensed facilities.

ISO 22000

An internationally recognised Food Safety Management System standard. It signals that food-safety hazards are managed systematically across the process, not just checked at the end.

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points is a process-level discipline: identify where things can go wrong, and put controls at those exact points. It underpins many other food-safety systems.

Others you may need

• Halal — for markets and buyers that require it.
• APEDA — for compliant export from India.
• AGMARK — quality grading, notably for ghee.

The honest caveat

Certificates are held by the manufacturing units, and availability depends on the specific plant and product. A good sourcing partner confirms the exact certifications available for your requirement at the quotation stage — rather than promising "certified by everything".

Foodondoor matches your requirement to appropriately certified capacity within its network and supplies with batch-wise documentation. Ask us what is available for your product and destination.