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CSA FSMSCulinary Strategy App

Food-safety records ready when FSSAI asks.

CSA FSMS helps hotels and restaurants replace paper registers, Excel files and scattered WhatsApp evidence with structured daily checks, corrective actions and searchable records — so teams can run food safety every day and retrieve the proof quickly when an auditor or inspector asks.

Built for Indian hospitality. HACCP-based records. Mapped to the FSSAI catering / auditor checklist.

A cook's or supervisor's day at a glance. Sample data; every property in your group looks like this.

Choose your operation

The same FSMS. A different buying problem.

Hotels need complete assurance across a complex audit framework. Restaurants need a simple way to run the right checks, keep the records and show the proof quickly when FSSAI asks.

Restaurants & restaurant groups

Stay FSSAI-ready without turning food safety into paperwork.

Do the checks. Fix the gaps. Keep the proof. Be ready when FSSAI visits.

  • Simple daily records for kitchen teams
  • Failed checks become corrective actions
  • Searchable evidence instead of paper files
  • Consistent oversight across restaurant outlets
For restaurants →
Hotels & hotel groups

Nothing overlooked. Nothing left until audit day.

Complete readiness across the full FSSAI / third-party audit framework, every kitchen, every outlet and every property.

  • 47-point FSSAI catering checklist readiness
  • Multiple kitchens and outlet-level evidence
  • Corrective actions tracked to closure
  • Property and group management visibility
For hotels →
From paperwork to proof

Still managing food safety through paper registers, Excel or WhatsApp?

Paper records what someone wrote down. CSA FSMS shows what was due, what happened, who did it, what failed and what was done about it — without waiting for someone to send a file, a photo or a WhatsApp message.

See today at a glance

Managers see what is done, due and overdue without chasing folders or waiting until an audit.

Know who did what

Every record carries the person, role, outlet and submission time automatically.

Fix failures on the record

Failed checks stay visible with the corrective action, owner and close-out instead of disappearing into paperwork.

Be ready when evidence is requested

Search and retrieve the exact records an inspector or director asks for instead of rebuilding evidence by hand.

Paper
CHILLER TEMPERATURE LOG
Initials: ____   Action: __________
CSA FSMS
Chiller temperaturesDONE 07:48
Cooling checkFAILED · CA OPEN
Hot holdingDUE 12:00
EvidenceATTRIBUTED + TIMED
FSSAI inspection readiness

Inspection activity is rising. The answer is stronger daily control.

Recent enforcement in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana has focused on hygiene, storage, temperature control, pest activity, licence issues and missing supporting records. Inspection readiness means the control happens every day—and the evidence is there when asked.

Try it

See what a cook sees

Enter a reading for the walk-in chiller. Anything above 5 °C is a fail, and the form asks for a corrective action before it can be saved.

  • The limit is on screen. Cooks do not need to remember it.
  • A fail needs an action. It is recorded with the failure, not as an afterthought.
  • Limits are set per check. Cold 5 °C or below, frozen −18 °C or below, cooked 75 °C for non-veg, hot holding 65 °C or above (70 °C non-veg).
Chiller and freezer temperatures · nothing here is saved
Chiller and freezer temperatures
Daily · Harbour Kitchen, Main Kitchen
01Storage readings
≤ 5 °C
°C
Doors and seals intact
Raw and cooked food segregatedVeg and non-veg also kept apart
Record Explorer

Find any record in seconds

When an inspector asks for last Tuesday's cooling log, or a director wants every failed reading this month, Explorer filters the full history by date, property, outlet, record type, status, person and corrective action. Open a row for the detail, then export what you see.

Record Explorer · sample data, filters and rows are live
Record Explorer
Every submitted record is structured evidence. Filter it, open it, export it.
TimePropertyRecordReadingByStatusCA
Every row is attributed, time-stamped evidence, linked to the person, role, outlet and submission time.

Click a row to open it. CSV opens in Excel; PDF prints the filtered view. Sample records for two invented properties.

Audit-ready evidence

Everything an inspector asks for, ready in one place

Audit Packs open Record Explorer already filtered for common requests. The supporting registers sit alongside the operational records, so evidence can be found without rebuilding a report by hand.

One-tap evidence packs

FSSAI Inspection Evidence Pack

Open the records and supporting evidence commonly requested during an FSSAI inspection.

Corrective Actions

Every failed check, action taken, owner and close-out.

Temperature History

Storage, cooking, hot-holding and cooling readings.

Calibration History

Probe and thermometer calibration evidence.

Supporting evidence, already connected
Documents & licencesLicences, water reports, lab results, pest contracts and supplier approvals.
ComplaintsCustomer complaints, severity, investigation and close-out.
Equipment & maintenanceEquipment register, maintenance history, breakdowns and calibration.
PhotosEvidence attached directly to records and corrective actions.
Suppliers & receivingDelivery condition, temperatures, approvals and supplier licences.
Alerts & expiryOverdue checks, failed readings and expiring documents surfaced early.

Also available: Daily and Weekly Summary, Monthly Summary, Staff Activity, Equipment History and Failed Checks.

Built around FSSAI

Know where your evidence sits against the FSSAI checklist

CSA FSMS maps relevant records, registers and documents to the FSSAI catering checklist. Restaurants can keep the day-to-day experience simple, while hotels and hotel groups can use the same system to work systematically through the full 47-point readiness framework.

  • Limits are built into the checks. Cooking, cooling and hot-holding records show the required operating limits on screen.
  • Only what applies to you. A short property profile helps determine which checklist questions are relevant to the operation.
  • Evidence is easier to prepare. Records, registers and documents sit alongside the questions they support.

For restaurants

Keep the first experience practical: complete the required checks, correct failures and retrieve the records quickly when FSSAI asks.

For hotels

Use the full checklist view to make sure no requirement, kitchen, supporting document or corrective action is overlooked before an audit.

Illustration · examples of the evidence mapping
Cooking core temperatureCooking and reheating recordCritical
Cooling within the time limitsCooling record, two timed checksCritical
Hot and cold holdingHot holding and storage temperature recordsCritical
Potable water testingDocuments register, with expiry trackingCritical
No pest activityPest control checkCritical
Raw material inspected on receiptGoods received recordStandard
Ill or injured staff excludedStaff hygiene and illness recordStandard
Monitoring devices calibratedProbe calibration recordStandard
Consumer complaint mechanismComplaints registerStandard

Examples from the CSA FSMS readiness model. The 47-point assessment supports internal FSSAI audit readiness; it is not certification or regulatory approval.

Director · all properties · sample data
Group overview
Completion
94%
Average of properties
Overdue
3
Across 2 properties
Open actions
5
1 over 3 days
Records today
128
User-attributed
Completion by property
Harbour Kitchen97%
Cedar Court92%
Marina Grill81%
Lakeside Kitchen66%
Overdue
Cooling of cooked food
3 of 4 properties done · 1 overdue
Done
Chiller and freezer temperatures
4 of 4 properties done
For groups

Every property, one view

For hotel groups, restaurant groups, QSRs and caterers, CSA shows which properties are done, due or overdue for each check — and lets leaders drill straight into the locations that need attention first.

  • Worst status first. A card shows "3 of 4 properties done · 1 overdue" and lists the properties that need attention.
  • Properties keep their own settings. Forms, photo rules and overdue times are set per property by a director.
  • Closed days are not failures. A property marked closed is never counted as missed or overdue.

Built for the way Indian hospitality operates

The platform stays comprehensive underneath, but the operating story is different for restaurants and hotels.

Restaurants & restaurant groups

Simple daily food-safety checks, organised records and fast FSSAI evidence retrieval without asking an outlet manager to understand the entire compliance framework first.

Explore restaurants →

Hotels & hotel groups

Complete food-safety assurance across multiple kitchens and outlets, with the 47-point framework, supporting evidence, corrective actions and management visibility kept together.

Explore hotels →

QSR, catering & multi-site operations

Repeatable operating controls across locations, with property-level accountability and central visibility into overdue checks, failures and open actions.

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Pricing by operation type

One complete FSMS. No feature tiers.

Every customer gets the full food-safety management platform. Prices start from the figures below and reflect the size and complexity of the operation.

Restaurants

Independent food operations

Restaurants, cafés, standalone kitchens and similar single-location food businesses.

From ₹1,800 / month
or from ₹18,000 billed annually

Per location. Complete CSA FSMS included.

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Groups & enterprise

Portfolio deployment

Hotel groups, restaurant groups, QSRs, central kitchens and larger multi-site businesses.

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Portfolio pricing structured to suit the operation.

Complete FSMS with multi-property deployment and central oversight.

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The full FSMS is included for everyone.

Daily records, corrective actions, Record Explorer, audit evidence, documents, equipment, complaints, roles, dashboards, offline working and group visibility where applicable.

No per-feature upgrade path
Need it tailored to your operation?

Custom forms and checklists, templates, audit lists and setup of your suppliers, equipment and users are scoped and quoted separately. Tell us what you need and we will confirm the scope and price with you.

Discuss customisation

Prices are starting prices and exclude applicable taxes. Customisation, bespoke integrations, custom development and on-site implementation or training are quoted separately.

The people behind CSA FSMS

Built by people who understand professional kitchens

CSA FSMS was developed around the way food-safety records are actually created, reviewed and inspected in working hospitality operations — not around generic checklist software.

Hemant Dadlani

Founder, Culinary Strategy App

Hemant is an international hospitality and culinary operator with more than two decades across luxury hotels and multi-outlet F&B. His experience includes senior culinary leadership with Shangri-La Sydney, Rosewood and Marriott, advisory work with Minor Hotels, and independent food-safety audit work across Asia. CSA FSMS grew from recurring operational problems: incomplete records, weak corrective actions and evidence that is difficult to retrieve when it matters.

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Portrait of Ashutosh Nerlekar

Ashutosh Nerlekar

India Operations Director

Ashutosh brings 26+ years of culinary leadership across India and international hospitality, including The Park Hotels and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. As India Operations Director, he keeps CSA FSMS grounded in how Indian restaurants, hotels and kitchen teams actually operate and implement food-safety systems.

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Roles and access

The right level of control at every level

Cooks log, supervisors review and evidence, directors configure and oversee the group. Each role sees what it needs and nothing it should not change.

Capability KitchenLogs the records SupervisorReviews and evidences DirectorConfigures and oversees
Daily work
Complete daily, weekly, monthly and event recordsYesYesYes
Log records offline and sync laterYesYesYes
Report an issue or customer complaintYesYesYes
View the documents registerYesYesYes
Dashboard of what is done, due and overdueTheir departmentTheir propertyEvery property
Review and evidence
Record Explorer, with CSV and PDF exportNoYesYes
Audit PacksNoYesYes
Declare a closed day, or reopen itNoYesYes
Set-up and group
Settings: forms, photo rules, overdue times, closed weekdaysNoNoYes
Property profile and FSSAI baselineNoNoYes
Fridge and freezer registerNoNoYes
Document expiry alertsNoNoYes
Group view across every propertyNoNoYes

Kitchen team

Logs the records

  • Complete daily, weekly, monthly and event records
  • Log records offline and sync later
  • Report an issue or customer complaint
  • View the documents register
  • See what is done, due and overdue for their department

Supervisor

Reviews and evidences

  • Everything the kitchen team can do
  • Dashboard for their property
  • Record Explorer, with CSV and PDF export
  • Audit Packs
  • Declare a closed day, or reopen it

Director

Configures and oversees

  • Everything a supervisor can do
  • Group view across every property
  • Settings: forms, photo rules, overdue times, closed weekdays
  • Property profile and FSSAI baseline
  • Fridge and freezer register
  • Document expiry alerts

Kitchen staff sign in on the kitchen tablet. Supervisors and directors have their own sign-ins. Access is set by the server, never by the device.

Data and security

Records that cannot be quietly changed

An audit trail only works when the original record is preserved. Submitted records cannot be edited or deleted through the system. If a correction is required, a new entry is created while the original remains in the history.

Append-only evidence

A saved record is never edited or deleted. A correction is a new entry, and the original stays in the history.

Identity stamped by the server

Who logged a record, in what role and when is set from the signed-in session on the server. It is not typed in and cannot be changed afterwards.

Separated by client and property

Which business and property a record belongs to comes from the session, never from the request. Staff see their own property; directors see their group.

Roles that fit the job

Cooks log, supervisors review, directors configure. Kitchen tablets sign in with a PIN; directors with a password.

Works offline, syncs safely

Entries are saved on the device first and sent when the connection returns. A sync tile shows what is waiting, and sessions are expired, not deleted, so late entries are still attributed correctly.

Read it, or take it with you

View every record on screen at any time. Export a filtered set as CSV or PDF for an inspector, insurer or your own files, with no request to us.

Hosted on Cloudflare, served over HTTPS. Photos and documents are stored privately and opened only through the signed-in app.

Internal audit readiness

Work systematically through the 47-point FSSAI catering checklist

For hotels and larger operations, run a structured internal readiness assessment across the complete 47-point framework, review linked evidence, identify gaps and turn failed items into corrective actions before an external audit or inspection.

47-point internal assessmentEvidence linked to relevant questionsFailed items become corrective actions

Internal assessment only. It does not constitute certification, regulatory approval or a third-party audit.

47FSSAI catering checklist questions
Available in CSA FSMS

Questions

Is CSA FSMS different for restaurants and hotels?

The underlying platform is complete for both. Restaurants are presented with a simpler operating story focused on daily checks, records, corrective actions and FSSAI inspection readiness. Hotels can use the same system more comprehensively across the full 47-point readiness framework, multiple kitchens, outlets and properties.

Does the FSMS replace paper checklists?

Yes. Daily, weekly, monthly and event-based checks are completed on a tablet, phone or computer. Each record is stamped with the person, role, outlet and time, so there is nothing to file, scan or lose.

Does it work without an internet connection?

Yes. Records are saved on the device first and sync automatically when the connection returns. A sync indicator shows what is waiting.

Can records be edited or deleted after they are saved?

No. Evidence is append-only. A mistake is corrected with a new entry and the original stays in the history.

How do I get records out of the system?

Record Explorer shows every record on screen with filters, and exports the filtered set as CSV or a PDF. Audit Packs open the Explorer pre-filtered for common requests such as an FSSAI inspection.

Is the internal audit a certificate?

No. The internal audit is an internal readiness assessment built on the FSSAI catering checklist. It helps teams identify gaps and corrective actions; it is not certification, regulatory approval or a substitute for a third-party audit.

Does it follow FSSAI requirements?

It is built around the FSSAI catering checklist. Relevant checklist questions are linked to the record, register or document that supports them, helping teams prepare their evidence and identify gaps. It supports food-safety management and audit readiness and does not replace licensing, certification or a third-party audit. CSA FSMS is not affiliated with or endorsed by FSSAI and does not certify compliance.

What do we need to get started?

A tablet, phone or computer with a modern browser in each kitchen. We set up your properties, outlets, checks and limits with you, and a director confirms the FSSAI baseline.

Who can see what?

Kitchen staff log and view their own property's checks. Supervisors review and close corrective actions. Directors configure properties and see the whole group.

Does it work for a group with several properties?

Yes. Each property keeps its own records and settings, and directors get a group view that shows which properties are done, due or overdue.

Do lower-priced customers get fewer FSMS features?

No. Every customer receives the complete standard CSA FSMS. Restaurant, hotel and enterprise pricing reflects operational scale rather than a restricted feature set.

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See how CSA would work in your operation

Tell us what you operate and we will arrange a short walk-through using realistic kitchen data. For India, WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach us.

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