Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
The aim of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) is to provide information on hygiene standards to consumers in circumstances where they are making a choice about eating or purchasing food.
Certain businesses that supply food directly to consumers are, however, not given a rating because specific circumstances apply.
Exempt businesses include:
- low-risk establishments, such as newsagents, chemists shops (pre-packed confectionary or health foods only)
- businesses where food activity is only a small element of the food business
- certain establishments operating from private addresses (mainly childminders but also other caring services).
Businesses within the scope of the FHRS include:
- restaurants
- cafes
- takeaways
- sandwich shops
- food retailers
- schools, nurseries and residential care homes
- cash and carry or wholesalers (where food is also supplied direct to consumers)
- other places (where people eat food prepared outside of the home).