NSF Food Safety Plus
If you’re a brand with big expansion plans, growth can bring opportunity but also complexity. NSF Food Safety Plus audits offer a timely assessment of your food safety standards, supporting your ongoing commitment to driving up food safety and maintaining compliant operations.
Managing food safety across multiple locations can be tough — especially with inconsistent standards, high staff turnover, allergen risks, and a shortage of trained professionals.
NSF Food Safety Plus is designed for growing brands that are striving to achieve consistent standards across multiple locations—even with limited internal resources. If you're already managing food safety across sites but need better visibility and performance comparison, this service is a strong option.
NSF Food Safety Plus combines regular food safety audits using the NSF Food Safety Checklist but offers more, including our optional self-audit tool and key insights from NSF Connect, our smart audit platform.
NSF Food Safety Checklist
On the date we visit, we audit key areas of your operations including:
- Food safety: We assess critical practices such as hygiene, temperature control, safe food storage, and contamination prevention.
- Cleanliness: We inspect the cleanliness of all areas, including dining spaces, restrooms, kitchen equipment, and back-of-house operations.
- Repair and maintenance: We check the condition of your premises and equipment to ensure everything is well-maintained and functioning properly.
- Brand standards: We verify each store’s overall condition including layout, cleanliness and guest experience –according to your quality standard.
This comprehensive approach helps identify risks, checks for regulatory compliance, and with the insights we provide, supports your continuous improvement in food safety standards.
NSF Connect – Your digital food safety audit platform – built by experts, trusted by industry
NSF Connect is a cloud-based audit portal developed from decades of hands-on food safety expertise. Purpose-built by food industry experts, it helps you meet regulatory requirements, manage audit data, and drive compliance performance – keeping you informed, accountable and in control.
Core features to help drive effective food safety management
- Performance analytics dashboard: Visualize outlet performance, spot emerging risks, and make data-informed decisions with confidence.
- Online audit reports: Instantly access audit outcomes, benchmark performance across multiple locations, and track compliance trends over time.
- Corrective action management: Ensure issue resolution, accountability, and support continuous improvement.
- Audit appeals workflow: Promote transparency and trust by managing audit disputes directly within the portal.
- Executive reporting suite: Empower leadership teams with summary dashboards, high-level summaries and performance insights.
- Your dedicated Account Manager: With an audit program which covers multiple locations, you’ll need a single point of contact at NSF. We’ll allocate you an Account Manager who truly understands your operations, and makes sure that behind the scenes everything is running as it should. If you have issues which need fast attention, we take care of it.
Optional upgrade: Give your customers added reassurance with the NSF Food Safety Plus badge.*
When each site successfully meet the audit requirements, you're entitled to receive your NSF Food Safety Plus badge—ready for that site to display—along with a detailed report outlining our findings and recommendations. Display your badge proudly to show your commitment to safety and give your customers the peace of mind they deserve for a great dining experience. If they scan the QR code, they can learn more about what NSF Food Safety Plus means for them.
Optional upgrades
Optional upgrade NSF Food Safety Self-Audit Tool
Evaluate your food safety compliance with confidence.
The NSF Food Safety Self-Audit Tool is designed to help food businesses like yours internally assess your adherence to food safety standards. Use it to:
- Prepare for NSF audits.
- Maintain ongoing compliance.
- Identify areas for improvement.
Whether you're getting ready for an official NSF audit or conducting a routine internal check, this tool supports proactive food safety management.
Your journey with NSF Food Safety Plus
Getting started with NSF Food Safety Plus is simple—and it brings real value to your business. From initial contact to earning your NSF badge after each successful audit, every step is designed to drive up your food safety standards and support your commitment to excellence.
- Get in touch: Contact us to express your interest in the NSF Food Safety Plus program.
- We’ll contact you: We'll schedule a quick call to understand your business needs, number of sites, and explain about our program.
- Quote and confirmation: Based on the information provided we’ll send your quote. Once confirmed, we’ll share the audit scope and book your audit dates.
- On-site audit: Our auditor will visit your site(s) and carry out a detailed audit focusing on food safety, cleanliness, maintenance, and brand standards.
- Report: After the audit, you’ll receive a report with our findings and recommendations.
- Audit results in NSF Connect: Compare results between sites, supported by business reviews from your Account Manager.
- Display your (optional) NSF Food Safety Plus badge: If your package includes this upgrade, and the location has successfully met the requirements of the audit , you are also entitled to receive the NSF Food Safety Plus badge to display at your site. Your customers can scan the QR code to understand more about the program.
Why NSF?
We help identify and give you the know-how to correct potential food safety risks, reducing the chance of foodborne illness and unsafe practices. Our audits are designed not only to assess but also to educate—helping your team understand what to do, why it matters, and how to improve.
With decades of global experience in food safety auditing and compliance, we work with businesses of all sizes—from single-site operators to global quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains. Our skilled auditors are trained to support your teams during audits, offering real-time insights and practical guidance.
What makes NSF different?
Results that matter: Clients often see a measurable improvement in food safety performance within just a few months of working with us.
- Data-driven improvements: In past programs, clients have reported seeing a reduction in critical food safety violations after consistent auditing and training.
- Tailored recommendations: We don’t just point out what’s wrong—we offer clear, actionable steps you can take to fix it.
- Global expertise, local understanding: Our auditors combine deep knowledge of international food safety standards with a clear understanding of local regulations and cultural practices.
- Support beyond the audit: We offer food safety training, gap assessments, and follow-up visits to help you build a positive long-term food safety culture.
With food safety audits and value-added services, we’re here to help businesses like yours not just meet standards—but exceed them.
*The NSF Food Safety Plus badge means the location has been audited by an NSF Auditor, on a specific date and time and successfully met the audit requirements.