FSSAI ran over 7 lakh inspections in 2025, with penalties from ₹25,000 up to closure, and most outlets that got burned had never once inspected themselves. This scorer walks you through 27 checks modelled on the official hygiene-rating checklist, design and facilities, operations, sanitation, personal hygiene, records, weights the critical items double the way inspectors do, and hands you a grade plus a fix-first list.
Score yourself against the five FSSAI inspection areas: design & facilities, control of operations, maintenance & sanitation, personal hygiene, and training & records. Grades follow the hygiene-rating style: A+ at 90%+, A at 80-89%, B at 65-79%, C at 50-64%; failing any critical (starred) item caps the outcome regardless of total score.
Serious risk of penalties or closure findings. Grading bands mirror the FSSAI hygiene-rating style (A+ ≥90%, A 80-89%, B 65-79%, C 50-64%). This is a self-assessment, not an official rating; the official scheme runs through FSSAI-empanelled audit agencies.
A Food Safety Officer works through the official inspection checklist covering the same five areas as this scorer, asks for records (license display, medical fitness, pest control receipts, temperature logs), and marks compliance per item. Findings range from improvement notices to fines under the FSS Act, and in serious cases suspension, which is why the records questions here matter as much as the cleanliness ones.
The critical items: expired or undisplayed license, contaminated water, veg/non-veg cross-contamination, broken cold chain, no pest control records, and unwell or unchecked food handlers. One of these outweighs ten minor housekeeping findings, fix them first, always.
For dine-in outlets, increasingly yes: it is voluntary, audited by empanelled agencies, and the certificate (Smiley A+ to C) is displayable marketing that doubles as inspection readiness. Scoring 90%+ here consistently is a good signal that a paid official audit will go well.
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