Zomato cracks whip on restaurants without FSSAI licence, delists several

Those with high Zomato ratings or high repeat order volumes have been given until month-end to furnish their licences

Online restaurant discovery and food delivery portal Zomato has started de-listing restaurants that are not compliant with the regulations set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) from its platform. The company has about 55,000 restaurants on its online ordering platform.

Once the delisted restaurants provide their FSSAI licences, they will be re-listed on Zomato's food delivery platform. “As and when these restaurants provide us their FSSAI licenses, we will enable them for online ordering services,” said Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato, in a blog post on Tuesday.

Those with high Zomato ratings or high repeat