How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works

• Search for local Food Hygiene Ratings
• How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works
• How we rate a food business' hygiene
• Last month's businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme stickers

Search for local Food Hygiene Ratings

Use the link below to search for local Food Hygiene Ratings:

Note: the search works best if you input a street name and town name (eg Chapel Road, Worthing) rather than a postcode.

Search UK Food Hygiene Ratings on the Food Standards Agency website (includes interactive map)

Ratings are uploaded regularly, so keep checking the site before you go out.

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How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works

Developed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities, the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) makes information on food hygiene standards publicly available. The scheme is designed to help you choose where to eat or shop for food by telling you how seriously a food business takes their food hygiene standards.

Food businesses are inspected by our food hygiene inspectors to check that their hygiene levels meet legal requirements. Hygiene standards are rated on a scale from 0 (urgent improvement is required) to 5 (very good).

This information is then published on the Food Standards Agency website and on ratings stickers which food businesses can choose to display at their premises.

Video: About the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme by the Food Standards Agency

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How we rate a food business' hygiene

The rating we give a business reflects the standards of food hygiene found at the time of inspection. This includes:

• Food hygiene and safety: how food is stored, handled and prepared to avoid cross-contamination and control temperatures etc.
• Physical condition of the business: considering cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and pest control etc.
• Confidence in management: the management's attitude towards hygiene and safety (procedures, training, demonstration of hygiene and food safety technical knowledge) as well as the business's track record

The rating scheme does not reflect the quality of the food being prepared or the dining experience.

For more information please see:

• How we rate a food business' hygiene - in our businesses section
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme on Food Standards Agency website

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Last month's businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5

Last month the food safety team were able to award more businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5. A full alphabetical list of these premises is available below:

December 2024:

• Café Ice, Worthing Ice Rink, Steyne Gardens, Worthing
• Carats Beach Café, Basin Road South, Southwick, Brighton, BN41 1WD
• Co-op, Manor Road Service Station, 96 Manor Road, Lancing, BN15 0HL
• Country Lodge Nursing Home, Cote Street, Worthing, BN13 3EX
• Efes, 131-133 Clifton Road, Worthing,
• Gazza Events - The Hog Co / The Crumble Co / Ambience (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Holland & Barrett, 60 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3HE
• Hot Food Bar, mobile catering unit east of weighbridge, Old Shoreham Road, Lancing
• Hungry Monkey, 14a High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA
• Impact Food Group, Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
• Impact Food Group, The Laurels Primary School, 47 Winterbourne Way, Worthing, BN13 3QH
• Independent Lifestyles (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Jonny's Goring Bar and Kitchen, 12-14 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AJ
• Little Tums Catering, Unit D1, Dolphin Way, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6NZ
• Mantra Care Homes, 14-16 Winchester Road, Worthing, BN11 4DJ
• Marine Gardens Café, Marine Gardens, West Parade, Worthing, BN11 5EF
• Pizza Hut (also trading as WingStreet), 8 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AJ
• Red Balloon Learner Centre (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Sage Grocers, 2 Gratwicke Road, Worthing, BN11 4BH
• Seashore Bakes (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Serendipity by the Sea (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Sussex County Football Association, Culver Road, Lancing, BN15 9AX
• The Cake Suite (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• The Egremont, 32 Brighton Road, Worthing, BN11 3ED
• The Foresters Micropub, 13 Station Parade, Tarring Road, Worthing, BN11 4SS
• Tides (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Village Convenience Store, 8 Seadown Parade, Bowness Avenue, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 9TP
• West Sussex County Council, Education Catering Oak Grove College, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX

See also:

• Search for a Food Hygiene Rating for a premises (above)

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Food Hygiene Rating Scheme stickers

Businesses are not legally required to display their Food Hygiene Rating Scheme sticker as there are no local byelaws in Adur or Worthing requiring businesses to display their rating sticker.

However, if a business is displaying a sticker with an incorrect rating score, then please be advised that this will be referred to Trading Standards as they are the enforcing authority for this issue (as it relates to the provision of information for the customer).

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