Food Hygiene Rating

The Food Hygiene Rating System provides information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, and many other places.

Each business will be given a hygiene rating when it is inspected.

How does it work?

We carry out routine inspections and checks will be made on:

• How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored
• The condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities
• How the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe

At the end of the inspection, the business is given one of the six ratings:

• 5 = very good
• 4 = good
• 3 = generally satisfactory
• 2 = improvement necessary
• 1 = major improvement necessary
• 0 = urgent improvement necessary

Results

Businesses are encouraged to display a sticker in the window, on the door or a certificate, showing the hygiene rating.

New food businesses will be displayed as ‘awaiting inspection’ until such time that they receive a food hygiene inspection and their rating is given.