Its aim is to help consumers choose where to eat out safely by providing information about hygiene standards in food outlets at the time they are inspected to check compliance with legal requirements.
The FHRS also helps supports businesses who trade well and helps drive up and maintain food safety standards. All catering outlets restaurants, cafes, canteens, schools, care homes and nurseries, mobiles, event caterers, hotels and guesthouses and butchers selling raw and cooked meats are included in the scheme. Manufacturers, retailers, wet bars, child minders and those producing low risk foods, eg.
Businesses which receive a 2, 1 or 0 rating may be revisited until standards improve. They may also be subject to formal action. Over 5, are now listed by local authority area on the FSA website. To check your rating is correctly uploaded go to Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and do a local search. WRS cannot make corrections to the site but can put an incorrect rating on hold. The site is updated weekly but please do not expect your rating to appear the day after an inspection is done as only 5 ratings will appear immediately.
All other ratings are held for 21 day to allow appeals to be made. You can waive the delay in publishing a new score. Businesses are issued with a window sticker at time of visit. There is currently no legal requirement to display these but we strongly encourage you to do so!
Please note displaying an incorrect sticker on a window or leaflets or on-line is an offence under consumer protection legislation. The Food Business Operator has a right to appeal the rating given.
