Making eating out safe: Pavithra

Incubated at NSRCEL, FSG FoodWorks helps restaurants maintain food safety standards

Food Safety Genie (FSG FoodWorks) is a year-old startup that aims to enable food establishments meet and maintain hygiene standards and make each of these food establishments a safe place to eat. “Each year, it is estimated that 48 million consumers become sick from contaminated food. There is a rapid increase in demand for restaurants due to India’s growing middle class and spending power leading to a shortage of staff. Restaurant staff also are not aware of required food safety standards compounding the problem further. With complex and ever-changing regulations, it becomes difficult for any FBO to follow the same. This is where we bridge a gap between FBOs and the regulatory bodies,” says the founder Pavithra, who is a certified Lead auditor, FSSAI-certified hygiene rating auditor, and FSSAI-certified FosTaC trainer for Basic Catering, Advance Manufacturing.