Classification of Members:

(a) Ordinary Members being those:

(i) Engaged in the manufacture, marketing and or export of processed food products.

(ii) Producers and suppliers of Agro-based raw materials required for Food processing.

(b) Associate Members: being those firms who are manufacturers and suppliers of packaging materials or food ingredients or food additives or food processing/packaging equipment/machinery for the Food Processing Industry or who are directly or indirectly interested in food processing and packaging industry but not being eligible to be enrolled as Ordinary Members.(The annual membership fee will be as applicable to small scale, medium scale & large scale units as given in the above table)

(c) Individual Members: being those individuals who by themselves are neither manufacturers or traders or producers, suppliers and exporters of agricultural raw materials required for Food Processing and are not eligible to be enrolled as Ordinary and Associate Members as per sub clause (a) & (b) above but are interested in Food Processing , Preservation and Packaging Industry. Individuals working for those firms who are eligible to be covered by sub-clause (a) & (b) cannot become individual members unless their firm is also a member of the Association

(d) Honorary Members being those individuals who may be nominated by the Executive Committee by reason of their scientific or technical research work or their public service and who are concerned in the improvement and development of food processing , preservation and packaging industry and the AGM ratifies this nomination.

(e) Patrons being those individuals who are not engaged or concerned in any of the ways aforesaid but who approve of the objects of the Association and are, by virtue of their standing or position, capable of furthering the interest of the Association

(f) Affiliated Members: being those Organisations, Associations or Institutions interested in food processing , preservation and packaging industry but who by themselves are not manufacturers, or traders, or growers. (Membership Fee for Affiliate Member - Rs.2000/-).

(f) Corporate Members being those Ordinary Members covered under clauses 8 (a) (i) and (ii) and belong to large scale sector and may become Corporate Member by paying twenty times the membership fee or Rs. Two Lakhs only whichever is more.

(7) Life-time Members with one time fee of 10 times in the relevant category fee applicable to be paid in lump-sum.

(8) International Members being those Individuals, Firms, Associations, Institutions from other countries who are interested in food processing , preservation and packaging or are producers and suppliers of agricultural raw materials or are engaged in manufacturing, marketing or export of processed food products, or are manufacturers or suppliers of packaging materials, food ingredients, food additives or food processing/packaging equipment/machinery or directly interested in Food Processing and Packaging Industry but not being eligible to be enrolled as Ordinary Member.

Territorial Zones of the Association:-

(a) Northern Zone: Comprising of States of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

(b) Sothern Zone: Comprising of States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry.

(c) Eastern Zone: Comprising of States of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim and Jharkhand.

(d) Western Zone: Comprising of States of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Goa, Daman & Diu and Chhattisgarh.