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Food Hygiene Ratings

Discover the food hygiene ratings of your favourite pubs, clubs, cafes, take-aways, deliveries and restaurants. Scores on the Doors has all 600,796 food establishments listed in the UK

Information last updated 6th October 2024

Information last updated 6th October 2024

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1 October 2024 £28,000 fine for allergen contamination. If any food business thinks they can pay lip service to allergen procedures maybe the size this fine will make them re-consider. But the consequences could have been fa more ...
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9 August 2024 Here is the link to the recent BBC Breakfast article on Food Hygiene inspections including interviews with FSA’s Emily Miles and Katie Pettifer. more ...
12 July 2024 The proportion of business achieving FHRS-5 continues to grow. Data up to the end of 2023 now shows this has reached 76.1%. Now that a new Government is in place, here’s hoping FSA will be provided with a more ...
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8 July 2024 FSA Chair to stay after all. Susan Jebb’s appointment has been temporarily extended to allow her to go through the process to stay on for a while longer. Congratulations Susan – maybe as part of the more ...
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20 March 2024 A recent review* of the operation of the FHRS in Wales has produced a recommendation to work towards mandatory on-line display: “The FSA recognises the opportunity for stakeholders to work together to develop more ...
1 March 2024 The Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) says it is unacceptable that customers can find out more via the internet about the cleanliness of a burger joint in the US than they can about restaurants in Scotland. They more ...
28 February 2024 FSA Chair to step down. Susan Jebb announced today that she will step down at the end of June 2024 marking 3 years since she was appointed. more ...
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16 December 2023 Congratulations to Morrisons who have become the first major supermarket to offer an option to consumers on their website to Buy British. more ...
15 December 2023 Allergens to be mandatory on menus. Great news for Allergen sufferers following last week’s report into yet another related death. Georgina Mansergh died in February this year after not specifying she had a n more ...
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 ...
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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 ...

Why food hygiene ratings matter?

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:

  • The kind of food being handled
  • Physical condition of the premises
  • Ventilation, cleanliness, pest control and facilities
  • All processes carried out before food is processed or sold to customers
  • If and how hygiene standards are being upheld

And they even look at the types of customers frequenting the business, e.g. vulnerable groups.

What the 'scores on the doors' mean?

FHRS Award Scheme

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". The FSA are still keen to pursue this with the new government. We will monitor and provide updates on any progress here.

Food Standards Agency definitions are :

  1. Hygiene standards are very good
  2. Hygiene standards are good
  3. Hygiene standards are generally satisfactory
  4. Some improvement is necessary
  5. Major improvement is necessary
  6. Urgent improvement is required
Food Hygiene Information Scheme

In Scotland there are no current plans to make display compulsory.

Food Standards Scotland definitions are :

  • Pass and Eat Safe
  • Pass
  • Improvement Required

Eat Safe Logo

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.

TripAdvisor

Some premises have additional ratings which are provided by TripAdvisor.