Zomato is adding 400 restaurants to our platform every day. So, it is crucial that our restaurant partners are compliant with regulations & hygiene standards.

Online restaurant guide and food ordering firm Zomato Friday said it has delisted over 5,000 restaurants in February for non-compliance with the hygiene standards set by food regulator FSSAI.

Zomato, along with the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), is conducting audit of all restaurants listed on the platform, across 150 cities in the country, where it has presence, said a statement.

According to the company, "it has delisted over 5,000 restaurants found non-compliant with the standards set by the FSSAI for hygiene".

Zomato CEO (Food Delivery Business) Mohit Gupta said: "We are adding 400 restaurants to our platform every day. So, it is crucial that our restaurant partners are compliant with regulations & hygiene standards."

He further said: "For this reason, We have been re-evaluating all 80,000-plus restaurants listed on Zomato, helping them be compliant, & delisting those that have failed to follow regulations in spite of continuous efforts."

Zomato is educating its restaurant partners to obtain a licence, as well as meet the necessary hygiene standards.

As a result, the number of compliant restaurants on the platform has increased by over 30,000 in the past six months, it added.

Zomato is a restaurant reviews, restaurant discovery, food delivery & dining out transactions platform providing information of over 1.4 million restaurants across 24 countries & serves more than 65 million users every month. Source Link

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