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Food Hygiene Ratings

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Concerned about food hygiene?  All premises offering open food will be given a hygiene rating by the Food Safety and Licensing Team.

Premises are being rated against standards of hygiene and structure in line with food hygiene legislation - not against the quality of the food produced.

Food businesses will receive an unannounced inspection and be given a rating. Updates will be displayed regularly on this website, so watch this space for an up to date list of rated food businesses.

Businesses will be awarded a certificate which can be displayed at their premises - look out for their Tulip Rating.

The rating scale will range from zero to three "Tulips". The table below gives a guide to the differences in score rating.


image of pizzas being prepared

image of chef in a kitchen
To make a rating, the sort of things we look for are:
  • Food handling staff suitably trained in food hygiene and implementation of hygienic practices

  • Documented food safety management system

  • Regular checking and recording of fridge and cooked food temperatures

  • Pest control procedures

  • Regular checking of date coding and condition of food

  • The use of antibacterial liquid soap and disposable towels or other hygienic means of hand drying

  • Good standards of cleanliness and documented cleaning schedules.
Key to Ratings
zero tulips - poor Poor
one tulip - fair Fair
two tulips - good Good
three tulips - excellent Excellent
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