Hygiene Rating Audit Agency

We understand the joy that comes from creating and serving delicious food. But we also recognize the critical importance of ensuring that every bite is not just tasty but also safe to eat. That's why we're here to be your dedicated partner in ensuring the safety of your delectable creations.

What We Offer

Rigorous Safety Inspection:

Our expert team specializes in providing robust Safety Inspection Services tailored specifically to the food industry. Whether you're a small artisanal bakery or a large hotel, we offer inspection programs that guarantee your products meet and exceed safety standards.

Thorough Quality Inspections:

With our meticulous Quality Inspection Services, we leave no stone unturned in ensuring that every ingredient, process, and final product meets our stringent safety criteria. From Farm to Fork, we're committed to maintaining the highest levels of safety and hygiene at every step of the food production chain.

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What is Hygiene Rating and How its Useful?

The FSSAI’s Hygiene Rating Scheme aims to boost food safety standards and empower consumers by:

• Encouraging Businesses: By introducing transparent scoring, it motivates food businesses to prioritize hygiene and safety, leading to upgrades and stricter protocols.
• Empowering Consumers: The scheme enables consumers to make informed decisions about where to eat or buy food by providing easy access to hygiene ratings online.
• Protecting Public Health: Through promoting adherence to safety standards, it helps prevent foodborne illnesses, contributing to public health protection.
• Facilitating Market Differentiation: Hygiene ratings offer businesses a competitive edge, attracting consumers who prioritize quality and safety, thereby boosting loyalty and profitability.
• Fostering Continuous Improvement: Through regular evaluations and feedback, it encourages businesses to continuously enhance hygiene standards, promoting overall improvement across the food sector.
• Building Trust:By promoting transparency, it enhances consumer confidence, ensuring they can trust the hygiene practices of food establishments they patronize.

WHO CAN APPLY?

The Hygiene Rating Scheme administered by FSSAI is inclusive of various food businesses, such as:

• Food Service Establishments:This encompasses a wide range of businesses serving food directly to customers, including hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, dhabas, food trucks, and catering services, which are pivotal in ensuring food safety.
• Sweet Shops:These establishments specialize in producing and selling traditional Indian sweets, desserts, and confectionery items, requiring strict adherence to hygiene standards to ensure product safety and quality.
• Bakeries:Participating bakeries produce and sell a variety of baked goods like bread, pastries, cakes, and cookies, emphasizing the importance of maintaining high hygiene standards due to the perishable nature of bakery products.
• Meat Retail Stores:This category includes businesses retailing meat, poultry, and seafood products such as butcher shops, meat markets, and poultry stores, where ensuring product hygiene and safety is paramount in preventing foodborne illnesses and building consumer trust.

Display Hygiene Rating Certificate

You can display food Hygiene Rating certificate in the outlet and your social media handles.

Hygiene Rating certificate will help customers make a uniform choice.

Basic Mandatory Requirements of Hygiene Rating Scheme

Scoring Process

Enroll for Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

You too can Enroll for Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

1. Enrolment for Hygiene Rating by paying nominal charges.
2. Inspection held by FSSAI approved auditor.
3. Hygiene rating certificate nominated by FSSAI will be shared via email.
4. Sharing of Hygiene Rating checklist via email and 7 days time period given to make necessary improvements in the premises.
5. Scoring given between 1-5 based on the Hygiene Rating checklist.
6. Display of Hygiene Rating certificate at prominent place within premises and display of Rating on e-commerce platform.

Scoring Process

HRAA is committed to fair and equitable fee structures for all organizations seeking certification. Now, Unavar Food Inspection and Certification Private Limited -HRAA implements a transparent and non-discriminatory fee system, charging clients based on a per Man-day basis. This fee structure is determined by calculating the number of Food Handlers present in the Food Business Operator (FBO) premises. Each Man-day is assessed according to the number of Food Handlers, ensuring an accurate representation of the resources and effort required for inspection and certification. This approach promotes fairness and consistency across all clients, aligning with our commitment to excellence in food safety standards.

S.No	Food Handlers	Man Days	Cost
1	0-50	0.5	4,000 to 5,000
2	50-100	1	8,000 to 10,000
3	100+	1.5	12,000 to 15,000

(*18% tax applicable as in state)

Note:

The term "Total Number of staff" encompasses all personnel within the establishment, including managers, chefs, assistant chefs, waiters, maids, and others. This figure provides insight into the scale of operations within the premises, which directly influences the duration of the audit process. In cases where the hygiene rating audit is deemed unsatisfactory, a subsequent audit can only be scheduled after a minimum of three months from the date of the previous audit.

Food Business Operators (FBOs) are required to register on the HR portal and select the HR agency for conducting audits.Payment terms stipulate 100% advance payment, with GST charged additionally if applicable. Furthermore, expenses related to auditor travel, lodging, and food will be billed separately.