FSSAI Third Party Audit
To strengthen India’s food safety surveillance framework, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) introduced third-party audits under the Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2018.
As an FSSAI-empaneled and NABCB-accredited inspection body, Food Maven is authorized to conduct independent audits of Food Business Operators (FBOs) across India. These audits are designed to ensure consistent compliance with food safety standards, improve accountability, and promote a culture of proactive food safety management.
Food Maven’s accredited audits help food businesses build trust, demonstrate compliance, and operate with confidence.
What You Gain
Our clients trust us for our accuracy, transparency, and collaborative approach that drives real change across food operations.
Mandatory Regulatory Audits
Conducted as per FSSAI requirements for licensed Food Business Operators (FBOs) under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
These audits verify adherence to prescribed hygiene and safety standards, ensuring your facility meets the legal benchmarks for food production and handling.
These audits verify adherence to prescribed hygiene and safety standards, ensuring your facility meets the legal benchmarks for food production and handling.
Vendor / Supplier Audits
Designed for manufacturers, brands, and distributors who rely on third-party suppliers.
FMIB conducts supplier audits to assess hygiene practices, documentation accuracy, raw material handling, and adherence to your brand’s quality benchmarks — helping you build a transparent and trustworthy supply chain.
FMIB conducts supplier audits to assess hygiene practices, documentation accuracy, raw material handling, and adherence to your brand’s quality benchmarks — helping you build a transparent and trustworthy supply chain.
Voluntary / Self-Compliance Audits
Ideal for organizations aiming to achieve certification readiness or strengthen internal controls.
These audits simulate regulatory evaluations, helping your team identify improvement areas before official inspections minimizing risk and ensuring smoother certification outcomes.
These audits simulate regulatory evaluations, helping your team identify improvement areas before official inspections minimizing risk and ensuring smoother certification outcomes.
Food Chain Audits
A comprehensive end-to-end audit covering the entire food production and distribution chain from sourcing to delivery.
This ensures traceability, contamination control, and compliance consistency across every stage of your operation.
This ensures traceability, contamination control, and compliance consistency across every stage of your operation.
Pre-Certification Audits
For businesses preparing for FSSAI, ISO 22000, HACCP, or other global food safety certifications.
FMIB provides pre-certification assessments that ensure all documentation, SOPs, and operational controls meet audit expectations increasing your chances of first-time approval.
FMIB provides pre-certification assessments that ensure all documentation, SOPs, and operational controls meet audit expectations increasing your chances of first-time approval.
How We Do It
We begin by understanding your business type, food category, and compliance history to define the scope of inspection or audit.
Trained auditors conduct physical inspections covering hygiene, processes, storage, personnel practices, and record management.
We assist your team with implementation guidance and conduct follow-up audits to ensure sustained compliance and improvement.
Our experts evaluate your food safety documentation, licenses, SOPs, and previous audit reports to identify potential gaps.
Post-assessment, we provide a detailed report with observations, non-conformities, and corrective action recommendations.