Regulatory sources
Rule pack IN-food-service, version 2026.10.0. Checklist: FSSAI Food Safety Inspection Checklist – Catering: all 47 official items mapped. Research last checked: 2026-10-14.
How the marking works
FSSAI marking scheme: Compliance earns full marks (2, or 4 for starred critical items); Partial compliance earns 1 (not allowed on critical items); Non-compliance earns 0. Not-applicable items are left out of the total (order of 2 Nov 2022). Any critical item marked Non-compliant means overall Non-compliance.
Bands use the percentage scale published by FSSAI (order of 9 March 2018 and the FSSAI inspection-matrices page). The catering checklist form itself prints a points-based scale that does not match these percentages, so the grade shown here is indicative only. An inspector's grade may differ.
Documents used
| ID | Document | Date / effective | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Food Safety Inspection Checklists (Inspection Matrices) page (FSSAI) | Page last updated 14-10-2026 | verified |
| S2 | Inspection Checklist – Catering (FSSAI (Regulatory Compliance Division)) 47 items, total /114 before 2025 amendment. File name says 'Draft' but FSSAI publishes it as current. | File dated 01-11-2017 · effective Adopted by order of 09-03-2018 | verified |
| S3 | Order: Implementation of Revised Food Safety Inspection checklists (F.No. 14(1)2016/Info/Enf/FSSAI) with Marking & grading system (FSSAI) Read as an enclosure within the 2025 order PDF. Amends/supersedes: Earlier generic inspection checklist | 09-03-2018 | verified |
| S4 | Corrigendum on implementation of revised inspection checklists (FSSAI) | 14-05-2020 | verified |
| S5 | Order: Revision of inspection checklists (F.No. 15(31)2020/FoSCoS/RCD/FSSAI pt1-Part(2)) (FSSAI) Amends/supersedes: S3 rule awarding full marks for Not Applicable | 02-11-2022 · effective 28-10-2022 | verified |
| S6 | Order: Reclassification of 'Food grade Packaging material' as critical (F.No. 15(31)2020/FOSCOS/RCD/FSSAI Pt.17) (FSSAI) · mirror The fssai.gov.in link returned a broken file on 14-10-2026; the mirror works. Amends/supersedes: Catering item 32 marks (2 → 4) and criticality | 03-04-2025 · effective Stated as implemented in FoSCoS | verified |
| S7 | Hygiene Requirements (Schedule 4 overview) (FSSAI) | Page last updated 14-10-2026 | verified |
| S8 | FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 (original notified text) (FSSAI / Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) Not consolidated; Schedule 4 Part V (Catering) not read. | 01-08-2011 · effective 05-08-2011 | partly verified |
| S9 | Compendium – Licensing and Registration Regulations (Version II) (FSSAI) Outdated compendium; used only to cross-check record retention wording. | 09-11-2017 | partly verified |
| S10 | FoSTaC – Food Safety Training & Certification portal (FSSAI) Legal supervisor obligation/ratio not verified. | – | not verified |
| S11 | Letter on Hygiene Rating as an indicator to schedule inspections (FSSAI) Hygiene Rating is a separate audit scheme, not the inspection checklist. | 2019 | not verified |
| S12 | FoSCoS – Food Safety Compliance System (FSSAI) | – | link only |
Known open items
- The full text of Schedule 4 Part V (Catering) has not yet been read for this version.
- The legal Food Safety Supervisor (FoSTaC) requirement and staffing ratio is not yet verified.
- The Food Safety Display Board requirement is not yet verified.
- FSSAI publishes two different grade scales; letter grades here are indicative only.