Discover the food hygiene ratings of your favourite pubs, clubs, cafes, take-aways, deliveries and restaurants. Scores on the Doors has all 598,490 food establishments listed in the UK †
† Information last updated 9th December 2023
Following a recent contractual agreement with FSA, we will no longer be providing details of historical scores, Elite award winners and associated display material
Following a recent contractual agreement with FSA, we will no longer be providing details of historical scores, Elite award winners and associated display material
† Information last updated 9th December 2023
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| 28 November 2023 |  |
Wales celebrates 10 years of compulsory sticker display – compliance up 27 percentage points. 71% of Welsh food businesses now have the top hygiene rating of 5 – a jump from 44% from 10 years ago – ma more ... |
| 2 November 2023 |  |
A worker was caught peeing into a tank of ingredients at a Chinese beer factory in a disgusting video. The clip, which went viral, shows a man in a uniform and a hard hat clambering into a container believed to more ... |
| 20 October 2023 |  |
Will we see compulsory display of stickers in England by 2030? Garry Perry, deputy leader from Walsall council continues to call for compulsory display of stickers in England. However the reality is that the is more ... |
| 16 October 2023 |  |
Food fraud now estimated to be costing UK £1.9Bn per year The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently performed targeted surveillance sampling of food across the country: more ... |
| 21 September 2023 |  |
Student dies from eating leftover Spaghetti Bolognaise. A reminder to us all to ensure proper chilling and use by policies. More here more ... |
| 5 September 2023 |  |
A new set of graphics has been published by FSA for food businesses wishing to display their ratings online, together with guidance and how and where they should be displayed more ... |
| 20 August 2023 |  |
Interesting to see recommendations from the Taipei times for the Government to improve public awareness and incentives for food businesses to comply. The concept of publishing inspection results on-line continu more ... |
| 8 August 2023 |  |
New Triple 5 award. Businesses in Worcestershire are now being recognised by their Local Authorities when they achieve three consecutive top scores. A letter, which can be displayed on the premises, together wi more ... |
| 7 August 2023 |  |
New food safety documentary on Netflix covering the major food scares in the USA over the last 30 years or so – Poisoned: the dirty truth about your food. Much of this will be familiar to those who closel more ... |
| 1 August 2023 |  |
We analysed the data going back 10 years to evaluate the effect of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme on compliance in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As you can see from the attached chart, there has been a s more ... |
| 14 June 2023 |  |
Great article in the Morning Advertiser congratulating JDW once again for their food hygiene standards. Across all 763 pubs the average FHRS score is now 4.99. Truly impressive. https://www.morningadvertiser.co more ... |
| 1 June 2023 |  |
Very lively discussion on how the FHRS can be improved yesterday. You can watch the webinar again by clicking on this link. more ... |
| 16 May 2023 |  |
In a significant retreat on its retained EU law bill, the government has slashed the number of environmental laws that would have automatically expired on 31 December from 1,700 to 341. Only 8 relating to food more ... |
| 5 May 2023 | |
Highfield are running a free webinar on 31 May – How to improve the food hygiene rating scheme. This is a great opportunity for industry and regulators to discuss and debate where the flagship scheme has more ... |
| 19 April 2023 |  |
In case you are every tempted to eat Puffer fish, read on… 10 April 2023 – an elderly couple from Malaysia unknowingly purchased and cooked the highly poisonous pufferfish, which can be deadly if no more ... |
| 31 March 2023 |  |
In the light of the recent Pork fraud issues, Ministers are now considering eclipsing the quasi-independent Food Standards Agency back under the control of a full government department – DEFRA. Hang on a more ... |
| 21 February 2023 |  |
Food Standards Agency research published today based on a survey of 400 Food Businesses and in-depth interviews with 60.The FBO’s surveyed were those who interact directly with FSA in the Dairy, Meat, Wine an more ... |
| 12 February 2023 |  |
Consumers making legitimate bookings on Open Table are being scammed. Here’s how it works. Open Table are doing everything they can to stop restaurants compromising their login details and are very clear more ... |
| 10 February 2023 |  |
Falling orders causes Deliveroo to cut staff by 9% with UK worst hit. Full story here: https://news.sky.com/story/deliveroo-to-cut-hundreds-of-jobs-globally-and-uk-to-be-worst-hit-12806890 more ... |
| 6 February 2023 |  |
Here is the link to the Sushi terrorism twitter video you may have heard about recently, showing this irresponsible practice. Incredibly it has now had over 40M views sending the food business’s share pri more ... |
| 31 January 2023 |  |
Since the begining of 2023, the results of the latest food inspections in Berlin have to be displayed at the entrance to restaurants, supermarkets, canteens and snack bars. The Lebensmittelüberwachungstranspar more ... |
| 16 December 2022 |  |
Renewed calls have been made to expose “appalling” food businesses in Walsall by making it compulsory for them to display hygiene ratings publicly.A cockroach infestation was discovered at a restaurant earl more ... |
| 6 December 2022 |  |
An updated version of the Industry Guide to Good Hygiene Practice has been launched by UK Hospitality. The guide provides information on legal obligations for caterers and what they need to do in order to compl more ... |
| 3 December 2022 |  |
Comprehensive links to sites across the USA where you can find food hygiene scores, provided by Food Safety News: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/restaurant-inspections-in-your-area/ more ... |
| 25 November 2022 | |
Mandatory display of stickers in England now paused, as FSA have been presented with a revised set of priorities by the Government, not least of which the massive task of revising all EU-based food legislation more ... |
A 2020 scientific review by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) estimates 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness occurs every year in the UK. This is up from the 2009 estimate of approximately one million.
Never underestimate how useful it is to know the 'scores on the doors'
We worked with the Food Standards Agency to standardise the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme in 2011, which helps the public decide where to eat out, or buy food. The ratings provide clear data about hygiene standards achieved at the last inspection. Businesses are awarded a score of 0-5.
Food Standards Scotland operates a Pass or Improvement required scheme with an additional Eat Safe award for those which exceed legal standards.
Inspections are carried out regularly by a Environmental Health Officer from the business's local council.
The EHO will examine and assess:
And they even look at the types of customers frequenting the business, e.g. vulnerable groups.
In Northern Ireland and Wales food businesses must display their current sticker in a prominent position.
Towards the end of 2022, the process of introducing legislation to require this in England was "paused". Subject to government priorities, this process may resume later in 2023.
Food Standards Agency definitions are :
In Scotland there are no current plans to make display compulsory.
Food Standards Scotland definitions are :
The Scottish Eat Safe Award makes it easy for consumers to know which restaurants, cafés, takeaways and food shops strive for exceptional food hygiene standards and go above and beyond the legal requirement.
The Award is open to all types of food outlets, from casual cafés to five star restaurants. Outlets are assessed by their Local Authority Food Safety Officer for the award during their regular food hygiene inspections.
Some premises have additional ratings which are provided by TripAdvisor.