Food processing industry in Bangladesh has been experiencing hasty growth in previous few years. In order to initiate a factory establishment in Bangladesh, the entrepreneurs have to struggle to identify the right places to submit right documents to get the right license or registration certificate. The following flowcharts postulates the process of acquiring the permits, licenses, certificates and registration for setting up a food-processing factory.

Documents Required for Food Processing Factory Setup

The following list of documents put forward the process of acquiring the permits, licenses, certificates, along with required documents for setting up a food processing factory. The list doesn’t cover the entire process from a commercial point of view rather it is constructed from a social and environmental point of view.

Documents Required from Social and Environmental Point of View

⇨ Building Permit

✓ Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha
✓ Dhaka City Corporation
✓ Narayanganj City Corporation
✓ Chattogram Development Authority
✓ Khulna Development Authority

⇨ Fire safety from FSCD

✓ Fire License
✓ Fire Safety Plan

⇨ License from Department of Environment (environmental safety)

⇨ Factory or establishment License from DIFE

⇨ Standard certificate from BSTI (Products Brought Under Mandatory Certification Marks Wing)