Food and Beverage
Licensing, leases, franchise and consumer-risk counsel for restaurants, cloud kitchens, manufacturers and packaged brands.
How This Sector Operates
Restaurants, cloud kitchens, food manufacturers, packaged brands and beverage businesses operate under a dense licensing regime, on short leases, through franchise and aggregator contracts, and in front of consumers who can complain to a statutory commission. Food and Beverage operators need their FSSAI licence, labelling and packaging, and platform terms settled before trouble starts.
Scope of Representation
The firm supports clients in this sector across the lifecycle of their operational legal needs:
- Licensing and registration under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSSAI) and replies to improvement notices
- Labelling, nutritional declarations and health claims on food packaging
- Legal metrology and packaged commodity requirements for packaged brands
- Trade licences and premises approvals for restaurants and cloud kitchens
- Franchise and area development agreements with territorial and quality control terms
- Aggregator and delivery platform agreements, including delisting and liability terms
- Supply and co-manufacturing contracts
- Restaurant and kitchen leases, including lock-in and exit terms
- Brand and trade dress protection for food and beverage labels
- Consumer complaints before the Consumer Commissions
- Employment compliance for a high-turnover workforce
Related Practice Areas
Sector matters in Food and Beverage are conducted through the following legal disciplines:
Food and Beverage
Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Cross-Sector Client Verticals
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Contact Information
Use the options below to contact the firm about this sector. Conversations are protected by statutory privilege under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
Offices in Chennai:
• Anna Nagar (Firm Office)
• Nungambakkam (Consultation Office)
Mon–Sat: 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM (Prior appointment)