Many of the food and grocery retailers requested RAI to represent to FSSAI to restore the validity period for food license to 5 years, which was reduced to one. Over the past year, there has been a collective effort by various stakeholders, including (rather leading) the Retailers' Association of India (RAI), to address the issue of the reduced validity period for food licences.

We are pleased to inform you that through the efforts of RAI, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has agreed to reinstate the validity period of food licences to five years.