Sector 04 of 06 · Food & FMCG

FSSAI Schedule 4 ready, dock to floor.

Audit-ready, not just digital.

Food processing, FMCG manufacturing, dairy, packaging and bottled-water plants under FSSAI Schedule 4. Visitor PII handled to DPDPA standard. Hygiene attestation captured at every entry. Hazard-zone induction enforced before shop-floor access. Zentry packages all of this for the FSSAI inspector.

FSSAI · SCHEDULE 4Q2 audit
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HYGIENE ATTESTATIONS · TODAY
✓ India-resident · consented
✓ 23 entries · all certified
✓ Current for 1,184 workers
Next: Nestle · Week 32
EXPORT FSSAI PACK
FSSAI ready · DPDPA-compliant
Audit cadenceFSSAI Schedule 4 · customer audits
Key buyersQuality Head, EHS Head, Admin Head
Compliance hooksFSSAI Schedule 4, DPDPA, §41C, CLRA
RecommendedSitewide+ bundle, Cloud
Why Food & FMCG chooses Zentry

FSSAI Schedule 4 ready, dock to floor.

Indian food and FMCG plants live with two audit pressures at once. The FSSAI Schedule 4 inspector audits hygiene, contractor traceability and visitor controls per the food safety regulation. The OEM customer auditor (think Nestle, Britannia, ITC) audits the same areas plus packaging integrity, supplier traceability and shop-floor discipline. Both want the same evidence presented differently.

Zentry serves both audiences. Pass captures every visitor with photo, ID, NDA, hygiene attestation and host. Induct enforces the food-safety induction at the kiosk before any worker steps onto the processing floor. Gate produces the contractor attendance evidence and the per-zone access log. All three feed one platform that exports the FSSAI Schedule 4 pack for the inspector and the OEM-specific pack for the customer auditor.

What the FSSAI Schedule 4 inspector asks:

  • Every visitor: hygiene attestation, photo, ID, signed acknowledgment.
  • Every contractor: per-zone access log, induction current, agency traceable.
  • Every visit to the cold chain or packaging zone: signed acknowledgment.
  • DPDPA-compliant handling of visitor PII through the food plant.
  • Customer audit evidence pack for the OEM-specific compliance program.

From scattered paper hygiene logs to one clean FSSAI pack.

The wedge

The modules Food & FMCG plants start with.

The 2 to 3 Zentry modules that open the conversation in your sector. Most Food & FMCG plants begin here, expand later.

Compliance hooks

Statutes that drive Food & FMCG buying decisions.

FSSAI Schedule 4

Food plant visitor PII, hygiene attestation, contractor traceability, packaging-zone access evidence.

DPDPA 2023

Visitor PII handling at the food-plant gate, India-resident storage, signed audit log per PII operation.

Factories Act §41C

MAH-classified food plants (large dairy, oil, beverages) get the per-zone access evidence chain.

CLRA 1970

Forms XIII through XXIII for the contractor workforce, auto-generated from gate events.

Who buys for Food & FMCG

The heads behind the Food & FMCG buying decision.

Quality HeadQA / FSSAI Coordinator

Pain: FSSAI Schedule 4 plus monthly OEM customer audits. Two different evidence asks. One exhausted team.

Zentry answer: One pack for FSSAI, one for the customer. Pre-built templates. Per-period, per-zone, per-supplier.

EHS HeadSafety / HSE Manager

Pain: Food-safety induction is a paper sign-off. Auditor does not accept it.

Zentry answer: 3-minute kiosk induction with on-screen exam. Certificate verified at the processing-zone gate. The auditor accepts it.

Admin HeadGA / Facilities

Pain: Visitor PII collected on a clipboard. DPDPA non-compliance risk grows every quarter.

Zentry answer: DPDPA-compliant kiosk visitor management. Photo, ID, NDA, hygiene attestation. India-resident storage.

Deployment

Recommended for Food & FMCG.

Most food and FMCG plants choose Cloud: multi-plant operators get central console for OEM-customer reporting, IT overhead is minimal, and the data residency posture aligns with FSSAI and DPDPA. Hybrid Edge available for plants with stricter data-residency preferences.

Hybrid Edge

Data at the plant. Internet-connected control plane.

  • Data stays at the plant, never leaves
  • Remote support and updates from VB Group
  • Resilient to internet drops
Best for

Pharma GMP, BFSI captive plants, IATF Tier-1 with data-residency clauses

On-Premise

Fully air-gapped. Zero internet. Maximum data sovereignty.

  • Runs entirely offline at the plant
  • All data, all logs, all evidence stays at the plant
  • USB / LAN-only updates
Best for

MAH chemical plants, MSIHC-regulated units, defence-adjacent supply chain

Customer outcome

Anonymised composite story

2 audits, 1 packFSSAI and OEM customer audit prep

Pre-Zentry, the multi-plant FMCG manufacturer ran two separate audit prep cycles: one for FSSAI Schedule 4, one for each major OEM customer. Three weeks per plant per cycle. Post-Zentry, the FSSAI pack and the OEM customer packs export from one platform with one click. Audit prep time across the Group dropped from quarterly chaos to weekly hygiene. Composite story drawn from real deployments. Industry, geography and metrics are representative.

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Food & FMCG FAQ

Inspector and customer-auditor questions, plainly answered.

Does Zentry produce the FSSAI Schedule 4 evidence pack?

Yes. Pre-built export template covers visitor records, hygiene attestation, contractor traceability, per-zone access evidence and induction trail. Per-period, signed, FSSAI-aligned format.

How does Zentry handle visitor hygiene attestation at our food plant?

Pass kiosk captures the attestation at entry: temperature, recent illness, food handling certification if applicable. Worker signs on-screen, receives a QR badge. The badge is verified at every shop-floor gate.

Is Zentry DPDPA-compliant for visitor PII at our food plant?

Yes. Pass captures explicit consent before storing any visitor PII. India-resident storage on all three deployment tiers. Right-to-erasure workflows. Signed audit log per PII operation.

How does Zentry support OEM customer audits at our FMCG plant?

Pre-built customer-specific evidence templates for major Indian OEMs (Nestle, Britannia, ITC, HUL and similar). The Quality Head exports the customer-aligned pack in one click.

Does Zentry work for cold-chain and packaging zone access?

Yes. Gate enforces per-zone access with cold-chain and packaging-zone specific rules: signed entry log, temperature attestation, food-handling certification check.

What's the recommended deployment for our multi-plant FMCG operation?

Cloud with the multi-plant central console. Group Quality and Group Compliance see all plants in one view. Per-plant data residency on Hybrid Edge if your contracts demand it.

How long does FSSAI-ready deployment take?

A single-plant Sitewide+ deployment goes live in 6 to 8 weeks. Hygiene attestation templates and FSSAI export formats configure in week 2. Customer-specific audit templates add 1 week each.

Can Zentry handle our contractor packaging and labelling labour?

Yes. Per-contractor agency tracking, per-zone access permissions, per-shift evidence. CLRA Forms XIII through XXIII auto-generated for the labour officer.

How it all connects

One event. Six audit narratives.

Every gate read, every kiosk submission, every certificate validation lands in a single tamper-evident, signed log. From that one event, six modules produce six distinct evidence trails, for six different audits, six different inspectors and six different heads inside the plant.