1. Dairy units including milk chilling units equipped to handle or process more than 50,000 liters of liquid milk per day or 2500 MT of milk solid per annum.
2. Vegetable oil processing units and units producing vegetable oil by the process of solvent extraction and refineries including oil expeller unit processing more than 2 MT per day.
3. Slaughtering units which handle more than 50 large animals or 150 small animals or more than 1000 poultry birds per day.
4. Meat processing units processing more than 500 kg of meat per day or 150 MT per annum.
5. All food processing units including relabellers and repackers processing more than 2 MT per day except grains, cereals and pulses milling units.
6. All manufacturers of proprietary foods
7. All 100% Export Oriented Units
8. All importers importing food items including food ingredients and additives for commercial use
9. Storage units other than those having controlled atmosphere and cold environment having capacity of more than 50,000 MT.
10. Cold or Refrigerated Storage having capacity of more than 10,000 MT.
11. Controlled Atmosphere + Cold Storage having capacity of more than 1,000 MT.
12. Wholesalers having turnover of more than Rs.30 crores per annum.
13. Retailers having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
14. Distributors having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
15. Suppliers having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
16. Caterers having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
17. Hotels – Five Star & Above.
18. Restaurants having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
19. Transporters having more than 100 vehicles or turnover of more than Rs.30 crores per annum.
20. Marketers having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
21. Food catering services in establishments and units under Central Government Agencies like Defence, etc.
22. Storage or Wholesalers or Retailers or Distributors having premises in Central Government Agencies.