Hyderabad
Location: Hyderabad (in-office)
Function: Quality, Regulatory & Compliance
Reports to: Founders / Quality Lead
Earthful is a plant-based nutrition brand for women's health, backed by Fireside Ventures and V3 Ventures. This role keeps the brand safe to sell and safe to market — owning everything from label reviews and new product clearances to ad-claims compliance, e-commerce listings, and FSSAI licensing, across every channel we operate in.
Role Overview
This role owns end-to-end regulatory and compliance for Earthful's products and marketing — FSSAI, Legal Metrology, product claims, and e-commerce compliance. You'll work closely with R&D, Quality, Marketing, Performance Marketing, E-commerce, and Operations to make sure everything we put on a label, a listing, or an ad is accurate, substantiated, and compliant, without slowing the business down.
What You'll Own
Label & Packaging Compliance Reviews (18–20/month)
Check the nutrition panel against formulation, and CoA against test report and RDA
Check claims, allergens, and warnings
Check Legal Metrology requirements — MRP, net quantity, dates, address
Pass/Flag/Reject each review with a regulation citation
Track versions, manage corrections, and give final approval before print or go-live
New Product & Formulation Clearance (4–6/month)
Classify FSSAI category for every new product developed
Check ingredient-wise permissibility under FSSAI
Validate claims with citations
Flag risks to R&D upfront
Deliver output in a clear format: Ingredient/Claim | Status | Citation | Action
Lab Testing Verification & FSSAI Portal
Validate declared vs. tested vs. FSSAI limit values
Escalate any out-of-spec result within 24 hours
Upload approved reports to the FSSAI portal every 6 months
FSSAI License & Filing Tracker (monthly)
Track all FSSAI licenses — ours, warehouse, Amazon, and manufacturer's — by status (Active/Renewal Due/Applied/Pending)
Send renewal alerts at 60/30/15 days
Publish a monthly filing summary
Internal Compliance Audits (1–2/month)
Run site audits (manufacturing/warehouse/co-packer) against a standard checklist
Report findings with risk level, corrective action, owner, and deadline
Track every finding to closure
Legal Metrology Compliance (20–30 marketing statics/month)
Ensure applicable Legal Metrology compliance for packaged products
Review labels and packaging for mandatory declarations
Coordinate registrations/declarations and maintain documentation
Stay current on changes affecting packaging and product declarations
Product & Advertising Claims Compliance (30–35/month)
Review health, nutritional, functional, and product-benefit claims across Amazon, website, performance marketing, social, influencer/creator content, packaging, and WhatsApp campaigns
Identify unsupported, misleading, or non-compliant claims
Validate claims against applicable regulations and available substantiation
Suggest compliant alternatives that preserve the intended marketing message
Amazon & E-commerce Compliance (5–6 products/month)
Review Amazon and other e-commerce listings from a regulatory lens — titles, bullets, descriptions, A+ content, images, claims
Handle compliance queries, document requests, listing restrictions, and claim issues
Support resolution of listing takedowns, warnings, and compliance flags
Keep marketplace content aligned to regulatory requirements
Regulatory Documentation & Cross-Functional Coordination (monthly)
Maintain organized records of licenses, approvals, test reports, audits, submissions, and correspondence
Work closely with R&D, Quality, Product, Packaging, Marketing, Performance Marketing, E-commerce, and Operations
Build compliance checklists and SOPs for internal teams
Participate in new product launches from a regulatory perspective
Review recent regulatory updates monthly
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's or Master's in Food Technology, Food Science, Food & Nutrition, or Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences — general science, engineering, or business degrees don't meet this bar
Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in FSSAI regulatory compliance — non-negotiable, not a preference
Direct, personal experience applying for or managing FSSAI licenses/registrations on the FoSCoS portal
Experience reviewing product claims (health/nutrition/functional) against regulatory substantiation
Strong working knowledge of FSSAI regulations, Legal Metrology, and food/nutraceutical labeling
Comfortable working across cross-functional teams — R&D, Quality, Marketing, E-commerce
Detail-oriented enough to own 60+ individual reviews a month across labels, claims, and listings without missing anything
Comfortable using AI tools to speed up first drafts, regulatory research, checklists, and comparison tables — with the judgment to verify AI output against actual regulation text
Based in or willing to work in-office in Hyderabad
Be a part of Earthful's Family!
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About Earthful
Earthful is a VC-funded FMCG brand building India's most trusted clean-label wellness products. We were recently featured on Shark Tank India and have raised a Pre-Series A round led by V3 Ventures and Fireside Ventures.
The founders (Sudha Gogineni and Veda Gogineni) are graduates from IIT Kharagpur and ISB with a multitude of experience across multinational companies & startups, such as Uber, Meesho, Deutsche Bank, ITC.
Earthful is a fast-growing startup, offering high ownership and the opportunity to work closely with the founders. We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about scaling a startup!