Chef Robotics, a leader in AI-enabled robotic meal assembly for the food manufacturing industry, announced that its robotic module C-001748 is NSF-certified. The certification means that the robot adheres to strict food safety and cleanability standards. Chef Robotics customers can rely on the robot to perform food-safe handling of ingredients throughout their production process.

NSF certifications play a critical role in ensuring the safety and hygiene of food manufacturing equipment. They cover the design, materials, construction, and performance of the equipment to ensure it is safe for food contact and easy to clean and sanitize.

Chef’s AI-enabled meal assembly robot operates alongside workers on food production lines, picking and placing ingredients from conveyors into trays. The robot has been certified against NSF’s commercial food equipment standard “NSF/ANSI 169 - Special Purpose Food Equipment and Devices.” Within that standard, it is the only certified “Food Portioning Robotic Module,” according to NSF’s website.
 
“This NSF certification is a significant milestone for Chef,” said Rajat Bhageria, CEO and founder of Chef Robotics. “It gives our customers added confidence that our robots are food-safe, sanitary, and easy to clean. By showing that our product meets rigorous food manufacturing standards, we’re able to strengthen our relationships with existing customers and better support new partners across the industry.” 

About Chef Robotics
Chef is the first company to have commercialized a scalable AI-driven food robotics solution. With over 50 million servings made in production, Chef leverages ChefOS, an AI platform for food manipulation, to offer a Robotics-as-a-Service solution that helps industry-leading food companies increase production volume and meet demand. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Chef aims to empower humans to do what humans do best by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines.