Food Registration is applicable only for small food business operators having an annual turnover of less than Rs. 12 lakhs per annum while the Food license is required by the Food business operators having annual turnover of more than Rs. 12 Lakhs per annum. Food license is further bifurcated in to State food license and Central food license along with another bifurcation in to medium and large food business operators. A state food License may be for the medium food business operators or may be for a large food business operator while the central food license falls only in the category of large food business operators. Further a different category of food license is applicable for 100 % export-oriented units (EOUs)