About Hygiene Rating
Hygiene Rating has been initiated by FSSAI with intent of ensuring that consumer make informed choices while eating out and also encouraging food businesses to showcase and improve their food hygiene standards.
Hygiene Rating reflects the standards of food hygiene found on the date of inspection by the local authority or recognized third party audit agency. This is a voluntary scheme applicable to food businesses supplying food directly to consumers either on or off the premises and food businesses are rated on the basis of food hygiene and safety conditions found at the time of inspection.
This scheme is being implemented in
- Food Service Establishments such as restaurants, cafeteria, dhabahs, etc.
- Bakeries
- Sweet Shops
- Meat Retail Shops
Hygiene Rating Objective
- Encourage food businesses to improve their hygiene and safety standards.
- Allow consumers to make informed choices pertaining to food outlets they eat or procure food.
Who Can Apply?
How to Get Hygiene Rated?
- Have an active FSSAI License/ Registration, follow schedule 4 requirements and display FSDBs.
- Appoint FoSTaC trained Food Safety Supervisors.
- Get food and water samples tested periodically (applicable for licensed FBOs only).
Hygiene Rating Score
Refer to the table below to find out the Hygiene Rating for the percent score awarded by the Hygiene Rating Auditor:
How to Improve Your Hygiene Rating?
- Check the practices not followed as per the above audit checklist and arrive at the issues. Some pointers to reflect on the ideal hygiene practices, are available here.
- Take clear, concrete steps to ensure and demonstrate compliance for each of these issues.
- Redo self-assessment and select HRAA for verification.
- Print the new verified rating certificate online.