The inspection checklist has been divided into five major sections namely –

• Design & facilities
• Control of Operation
• Maintenance & sanitation
• Personal Hygiene
• Training & complaint handling

The Food Safety Officer will inspect the facility of the FBO according to the requirements as laid down in the inspection checklist and accordingly will mark the finding as compliance (C), non-compliance (NC), partial compliance (PC) & Not applicable/Not observed (NA). All the requirements are allotted 2 marks and there are few requirements which are asterisk marked (*) which are allotted 4 marks. Non observance to any of the asterisk marked (*) finding will lead to Non-Compliance (NC), as they are critical to food safety.  Each finding will be awarded marks as mentioned below –

Compliance – Yes, the requirement is fully documented and implemented. Adherence with the requirement with no major or minor conformance is observed.

Non-compliance - No, the requirement is not documented and implemented. Non adherence with the requirement with major non - conformance is observed.

Partial Compliance – Requirement is partially implemented but not documented or partially documented but not implemented. A non conformity that, based on the judgement and experience of the FSO, is not likely to result in the failure of the food safety management system or reduce its ability to assure controlled processes or products. It may be either a failure in some part to a specified requirement or a single observed lapse. Partial Compliance is not applicable to asterisk marked (*) requirements as they are critical to food safety.

Not Applicable/Not observed (NA) – Requirements are not applicable to FBO & hence cannot be observed.

Sub-sequentially awarding the marks as per the finding against the requirements, total marks are calculated & based on the final marks, grading of the FBOs is done. The grading has been divided into 4 levels, i.e.