The National Food Hygiene Rating scheme helps you choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, and other places where food is eaten. Supermarkets and other food shops are also included in the scheme.
Each food business is given a ‘hygiene rating’ when it is inspected by an Environmental Health Officer. The hygiene rating shows how closely the business is meeting the requirements of food hygiene law. The rating is displayed on a website and by a sticker and certificate in the windows' of food businesses.
So when you eat out or shop for food, you might see a sticker in the window or on the door, or a certificate on display, showing you the hygiene rating for that business. It is not mandatory for them to display the rating but good food premises will be proud to display their rating; whilst poor premises will be unable to hide because their details will be available online.
Ratings are on a scale of 0 - 5.
0 = Urgent improvement necessary
1 = Major improvement necessary
2 = Improvement necessary
3 = Generally satisfactory
4 = Good
5 = Very good |
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Information for Food Business Operators
Workshops were held in January 2011 to update businesses on the scheme. Depending on demand we will consider running further workshops. If you would like to come along to a future workshop please let us know by emailing contactus@epsom-ewell.gov.uk or by calling us on 01372 732000.
For those that missed the workshops, or would like to review the slides, a link has been provided to download the presentation (pdf - 963kb).
As part of the scheme, a guide has been produced to assist food business operators. This guide also includes instructions on how to make an appeal, request a revisit or make a right to reply comment. To access this information, please follow the link below.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme - information for business (pdf - 95kb)
Forms to request revisit, lodge an appeal or submit a right to reply comment are below:
Form to request a revisit
Form to request a right to reply comment
Form to lodge an appeal
For more information
www.food.gov.uk/hygieneratings - Further background information
www.food.gov.uk/ratings - The national website