Food hygiene ratings

The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is a national council and Food Standards Agency partnership initiative.

Each business is given a hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the Council. The hygiene rating tells you the standards of hygiene found at the time of the inspection.

A business is given one of six ratings, from a scale of five at the top, which means that the business was found to have very good hygiene standards, down to zero at the bottom, which means that urgent improvement is necessary.

The food hygiene rating is not a guide to food quality.

View further information on food hygiene ratings.

Food hygiene ratings for businesses

View further guidance on the food hygiene rating scheme for businesses, making an appeal, publishing a response to a hygiene rating and requesting a re-inspection.

If you think your rating is wrong or unfair  

Contact the food team to understand why the rating was given.

If you still think the rating is wrong or unfair, then business owners or managers can request an appeal, and can request a re-visit inspection.