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health audits got stricter?

health audits got stricter?

the stuff no one wants to handle... until it triggers an audit

May 05, 2025

Hey — Bhanu here,

We’ve spent the last year solving a problem that quietly eats into the margins of every food, delivery, and staffing business in India:

Health checkups for gig workers.

The stuff no one wants to handle... until it triggers an audit.

So let me walk you through why this matters now more than ever and what you can do about it.

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Every business that employs food handlers — from QSRs and cloud kitchens to delivery platforms - must comply with Schedule 4 of FSSAI’s Licensing Regulations.

That means:

⦁ Medical fitness at onboarding + once a year (includes TB, Typhoid, Hep A/B, HIV)
⦁ Vaccinations: Annual Typhoid, triennial Hep A, Tetanus boosters
⦁ Digital records stored for 3 years, updated in FSSAI-compliant formats
⦁ Random inspections with full record access during audits

If this isn’t happening?

You’re exposed to:

⦁ ₹2L+ in fines
⦁ License suspension
⦁ Reputational loss on aggregator platforms

And here's the twist — starting Sept 2025, these health records must be uploaded digitally to the FSSAI Hygiene Portal. Offline logs won't cut it anymore.

We’ve audited over 100 orgs in the past six months.

Across the board, three issues show up:

Let’s talk real-world impact:

⦁ A multi-kitchen chain in Mumbai was delisted from a major food aggregator after failing to produce valid Hep A records for 32 workers.

⦁ An ICMR-FSSAI joint study in 2023 found:
➜ 9% of delivery workers carried asymptomatic typhoid
➜ 23% tested positive for antibiotic-resistant E. coli

And here’s the thing: FSSAI is not slowing down.