Food Hygiene looks up the official food hygiene rating of any UK restaurant, café, takeaway, pub, school kitchen or food shop, along with when it was last inspected and how it scored.
Ratings run from 5 (very good) down to 0 (urgent improvement necessary) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland uses Pass or Improvement Required. Behind each rating are three inspection scores for hygiene, the building and how well the business manages food safety, given as penalty points where lower is better.
What you can do
- hygiene_rating — find businesses by name, address or postcode, or nearby a location, with rating, inspection date and scores
Who it's for
Diners choosing where to eat or order from, parents checking nurseries and school caterers, food businesses keeping an eye on competitors, and delivery and hospitality platforms showing ratings.
How to use it
- Call hygiene_rating with the business name and a town or postcode in address
- Or pass latitude and longitude (and radius_miles) to list ratings near a spot, closest first
- Read rating_label and rating_date, and check new_rating_pending for a re-inspection in progress
Getting started
Call hygiene_rating with name "Pret A Manger" and address "London".
