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FoSCoS(Food security consistence system) is a cloud-based internet based stage, gestated as the umbrella system, which is incorporated with FSSAI’s other existing IT stages to give a one-stop focus to all commitment of a food business administrator (FBO) for any administrative consistence exchange. FoSCoS was launched on first June 2020 across 9 states/UTs to test the capacity for FoSCoS and to correct any deficiencies.

What is FoSCoS?

FoSCoS is an online platform launched by the government to back out the application recording process by the FBOs. This is a one-stop digital place for report documenting, enlistment, and authorizing; it additionally gives consistence administrations. The FoSCoS supplanted the FLRS system by FSSAI, the essential enlistment, and authorizing system for the beyond 11 years.

The essential goal of FoSCoS is to make a straightforward food handling and check stage for diminishing the hour of the Inspection cycle and activity started. The most striking component of this entrance is that it can deal with a more serious level of traffic and FBOs can look over a normalized list in the drop-down menu rather than entering the subtleties physically and in each case.

Objectives of FoSCoS

  • To design a state and area shrewd food safety consistence system.
  • Fabricate a stage for confirming assessment writes about time and guaranteeing straightforward investigation.
  • Making a mechanism under FoSCoS for fast reaction and activity under Food Safety Emergencies.
  • To guarantee that the examination is liberated from any deviations.

Features of FoSCoS

  • FSSAI has gotten numerous updates and presented many new elements in FoSCoS that were missing prior in FLRS. A portion of the elements are
  • A very much planned, simple landing page with shrewd quest choices for really taking a look at normalized items and enrolment qualification
  • Responsive, fast, and progressed gateway with the capacity to deal with most extreme traffic.
  • Another system for documenting yearly returns.
  • Further developed menu list, actually look at box, drop-down menu, and sped up.
  • Investigation reports and “know your business” segments are presented for consistent activities.
  • Characterized isolation of the various segments and sub-segments for better route.
  • FoSCoS application form catches PAN Number, CIN Number, and GST Number which can give confirmation and 360-degree profiling of FBO’s later on.
  • GPS and location tagging will likewise catch photographs in not so distant future.
  • A versatile application totally committed to FoSCoS will be planned and launched quickly.
  • Helpdesk, client assistance number, and client service email address are additionally accessible on the entryway.
  • Petty FBOs like side of the road peddlers and sellers can enlist their business under FoSCoS.

FoSCoS-An Integrated IT Umbrella

FoSCoS will before long coordinate the accompanying IT areas later on-

INFOLNet

FosTaC

FICS

FPVIS

Test the executives, improvement sees, settlings, review the board systems, and so on exercises/modules will be empowered in a progressively worked way later on. A solitary administrative stage will empower container India coordinated reaction system to any food misrepresentation and guarantee a high level danger based, information driven administrative methodology.

A range of Services under FoSCoS

FoSCoS offer a scope of administrations that can be profited by the FBOs, it will cover license, enrolment, examination, and FSSAI yearly bring documenting back. A portion of different administrations embraced are-

  • Issue, renewal, and adjustment of licenses possessed by Food Manufacturers
  • Issuance of license to food owners, eateries, and registration for trivial FBOs.
  • Move and give up of license
  • Support of natural items.
  • License for noontime suppers, food exporter and shipper, and business head workplaces.

Second Phase of FoSCoS launch

FSSAI gave a Public Notice on twelfth October 2020, educating the FBOs about the execution regarding FoSCoS in the leftover 27 states and Union-Territories w.e.f 26th October 2020.

It further educated the FBOs that the launch of the second period of the Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) in the excess 27 States/UTs i.e covering the whole country. The interaction is wanted to be finished on first November 2020, and empowering the new system will come into power.

FLRS will be shut for the excess 27 States/UTs w.e.f 21st October 2020, 11:00 PM.

Fssai has additionally given 6 focuses identified with the launch and execution of the Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) the nation over before the finish of 2020.

The first period of FoSCoS was launched in quite a while/UTs (Delhi, Gujarat, Odisha, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Ladakh, Chandigarh, and Puducherry) to eliminate the current Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS) w.e.f first June 2020. The issues confronted and ideas from the partners will be considered to make the system more hearty and easy to use.

The notification added that all client manuals, guides, instructional exercises, flyers about key elements, preparing recordings, and FAQs are made accessible under the manual area on the landing page of the authority site https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/user-manual.

Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS – https://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in) will be again made life on 22nd October 2020, just to license and registration relates to Indian Railways and dealing with shopper complaints documented till date.

Since the year 2011, FSSAI’s internet authorizing platform(FLRS) has turned into an essential piece of licensing and enlistments. According to FSSAI, more than 70 lakh licenses and registrations have been given to date, and north of 40 lakh registrants are dynamic on it.

A new and refreshed rendition of the shopper complaints entrance for example Food handling Connect for addressing the questions identified with FoSCoS will be launched at the latest first November 2020.

SOPs, documentation, and the preliminary methodology is made accessible on the landing page of the site. To get to know the highlights of FoSCoS, FBO can visit https://fcstraining.fssai.gov.in.

For any question or help, FBOs might contact the concerned State Helpdesk. The subtleties of State-wise Licensing Helpdesk and devoted helpline number at State Head Quarter level are accessible at https://fssai.gov.in/cms/commissioners of-food-safety.php.

The Annual Report application for documenting on the web will likewise be needed alongside FoSCoS. Return for the 2019-2020 monetary year might be documented on the web. Postponed returns because of postal blunders would be eliminated, the need to hold transport/receipt evidences and clashes about conveyance of profits bringing about terrorizing of food business administrators. It justified necessary records and supplanted a few paper-based statements with tick-based affirmations. The center subject is to make it simple for the food entrepreneurs to carry on with work and to help client experience for customers.

Conclusion

FoSCoS has been coordinated with FoSCoRIS portable application and will incorporate with present FSSAI stages, for example, Indian food labs organization (INFoLNeT), Food Import Clearance System (FICS), and Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC), and then some, before long. FoSCoS plans to incorporate with other Government stages also, for example, MCA to guarantee 360-degree profiling and approval of organizations.