FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
The regulator governing food-category products, including nutraceuticals and most AYUSH supplements, rather than a drug licence.
Definition
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India licenses and regulates food-category products. Nutraceuticals, vitamins and most AYUSH supplements are typically classified as food supplements rather than medicines both in India and in most destination markets, so an FSSAI licence — not a drug licence — governs their manufacture and export.
Why It Matters
This is why nutraceutical and AYUSH categories carry a materially lighter regulatory burden than Chapter 30 pharmaceuticals, and why claims on these products are limited to structure-function language rather than disease-treatment claims.