Hygiene rating.
A visible rating is a marketing asset for food service. It’s voluntary, runs for two years, and is earned on the same things an inspector checks.
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No forms to understand. Just tell us what you sell and where. A person from our regulatory team calls you back.
- Free 10-minute check
- Filed within 3 working days of getting your documents
- Licence in your own name
- Government fee paid by you directly to FSSAI
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Send on WhatsApp tooA hygiene rating on the wall — earned on the same things an inspector checks.
What’s at stakeThe rating is voluntary, so there is no penalty for not holding one. The exposure is commercial: the certificate goes on your door and onto the aggregator listing — and the audit behind it walks the same Schedule 4 (FSSAI’s hygiene rules) ground an inspector does.
Where the rule comes from
FSSAI Hygiene Rating Scheme guidance
We quote the regulation behind every requirement. Where FSSAI has not said something clearly, we tell you it is our advice, not the law.
You need this if…
- Restaurants, cafés and cloud kitchens
- Sweet shops, bakeries, meat and fish retail
- Chains that want a consistent rating across outlets
What we’ll need from you
- Layout plan and a recent set of premises photographs
- Cleaning, temperature and pest-control records
- Staff medical fitness certificates and training records
- Water test reports
- Licence copy
Exactly what you’re paying for.
Included
- Pre-audit against the rating checklist
- Fixes and records
- Coordination with a recognised hygiene audit agency
- Reminder before it lapses
Not included
- The audit agency’s fee
Anything outside scope is quoted in writing before we do it.
- Readiness report
- Rating audit booked
- A reminder before it lapses
Who does what, in order.
Most of the work is ours. Where something needs you, it says so.
After it’s done
- Rating valid two years
- WePre-audit
Scored against the checklist.
- YouFix
Priority list.
- Rating audit
By a recognised agency.
- WeKeep it
Reminder before the two years run out.
The mistakes we see most.
A pre-audit costs less than a low rating on display.
The authorities behind this service.
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Our promises, in writing
You get the fee before we start. If the scope changes, you hear it from us before it costs you.
We file on your own FoSCoS (FSSAI’s licensing website) account with your approval. Nothing to hand back if you ever leave.
Straight to FSSAI on FoSCoS. It never passes through us.
Each rule comes with its source, and we say clearly when something is our advice.
Common questions
Is the hygiene rating compulsory?
No, it’s voluntary — but platforms and customers increasingly look for it.
Which businesses can get a rating?
Food service and retail — restaurants, cafés, sweet shops, bakeries, meat and fish retail.
Often needed alongside.
Compliance Care
The whole post-licence calendar, run for you, with a monthly status note.
See the serviceFSMS plan & HACCP
A Food Safety Management System written for your kind of business — not a template.
See the serviceMock inspection & readiness
Walk the Schedule 4 checklist and the document folder before the real inspector does.
See the serviceGet a fixed quote — in writing, before we start.
Book a free 10-minute check. A person — not a bot — calls you back within working hours, tells you exactly which licence you need and what it costs, before you commit to anything.
- Government fee paid by you, directly to FSSAI
- Filed under your own FoSCoS login
- Fixed fee, confirmed in writing before we start
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