The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme gives businesses a rating so you can make more informed choices about where to buy and eat food. The rating shows how well the business is doing overall, based on standards found at the time of inspection. These ratings can be found online.
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00:00The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme gives businesses a rating so you can make more informed choices
00:06about where to buy and eat food. The Food Standards Agency runs a scheme in partnership
00:11with local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
00:14The rating shows how well the business is doing overall, based on standards found at
00:18the time of inspection. The ratings can be found online and on stickers which are displayed
00:23at business premises. However, the display of the rating sticker is voluntary in England.
00:28They range from 5, meaning hygiene standards are very good, to 0, where urgent improvement
00:33is required. Businesses which are given low ratings must
00:36make urgent or major improvements to hygiene standards. The local authority food safety
00:40officer has several enforcement options available, as well as giving advice and guidance to make
00:45sure these improvements are made. If the officer finds that a business's hygiene
00:49standards are very poor and there's an imminent risk to public health, this could result in
00:54closing it down completely until it's safe for consumers.