# FSSAI Food License Verification for Sellers API | FastKYC

> Verify an FSSAI licence number and retrieve the food business's registration details, category and validity before onboarding restaurants or sellers.

Source: https://www.fastkyc.com/apis/fssai-validation/

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[Merchant](/apis/merchant/)

# FSSAI Validation API

Verify an FSSAI licence number and retrieve the food business's registration details, category and validity before onboarding restaurants or sellers.

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Overview

## What the FSSAI Validation API does

FSSAI Validation checks a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India licence number and returns the registered business details along with the licence category and validity.

Any platform dealing with food businesses needs this. An expired or fabricated FSSAI licence is both a compliance exposure and a consumer safety issue, and both land on the platform.

## Built for

[Marketplaces & E-commerce](/industries/marketplaces/)

Use cases

## Where teams use the FSSAI Validation API

-   Onboarding restaurants and food sellers to a marketplace
    
-   Confirming licence validity before listing a food business
    
-   Periodic re-verification of licences across a merchant base
    
-   Checking licence category matches the activity claimed
    

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

## Related APIs

-   [GST Verification APIVerify a GST number and retrieve the registered business name, address, status and registration details from GST records.](/apis/gst-verification/)
-   [GSTIN By Name APIFind every GSTIN registered against a business name across Indian states, with the status of each registration, when a merchant can't share its GSTIN.](/apis/gst-by-name/)
-   [GSTIN By Pan APIRetrieve every GSTIN linked to a PAN, with the state and current status of each registration, to see a business's full GST footprint in one call.](/apis/gst-by-pan/)
-   [GST Verify APIQuickly verify a GST number and return the core business information, a lightweight validation built for high-volume merchant and vendor checks.](/apis/gst-verify/)

## Start verifying with the FSSAI Validation API

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-   One API key for every check
-   Verified against official Indian records
-   Built for onboarding at scale

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