Government is planning to issue grades and quality certificates to restaurants and dhabas to ensure quality of street-based food outlets. The system would be firstly introduced in Delhi and expanded to other cities of the country after noting its success. The certificate and license of outlets may be cancelled, in case of failure to maintain the quality of food.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India would firstly certify 1,000 eating outlets and takeaway kiosks in the capital before the commencement of Commonwealth Games in 2010. FSSA chairperson, P. I. Suvrathan said, "It's a simple checklist, dealing with such things as hand washing, serving procedures, and cleaning and waste disposal methods. People will prefer outlets with this (certification) emblem. The initiative in the capital has been linked to the Commonwealth Games to set a deadline, but we would like to introduce this in another 50 towns and cities in the coming years." FSSA would develop a mechanism and additional infrastructure to monitor the samples of all imported food for quality and safety tests.

FSSA would also issue guidelines to implement the grading system in 2009. Frequency of inspections would be increased by following the model of some developed countries. A restaurant which earns grade A need not to go under inspection for a long time while B, C, or D grade holders have to go under regular check ups. India has a tough legislation created in 2006 that deals with standards and regulations of the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import of food, but the law failed to ensure the quality of food due to its poor implementation.