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:

October 2024:

• 1386 (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• A Piece of Noz (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Bake Out Southwick, 30 Southwick Square, Southwick, BN42 4FJ
• Barchester Healthcare, Kingsland House, Kingsland Close, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6LT
• Bon Vivant (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Caterplus @ McCarthy & Stone Amelia Court, 1 Union Place, Worthing BN11 1AH
• Caterplus @ McCarthy & Stone Neptune House, 6 Heene Road, Worthing, BN11 3FA
• Cocktail Chemistry (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Fete n Lime, 130a Beach Green, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5YA
• Five Dots, 14b Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1BJ
• G.H.M (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• GAIL's Worthing, 16 Warwick Street, Worthing, BN11 3DJ
• George and Dragon, 1 High Street, Worthing, BN14 7NN
• Heaton House Residential Home, 20-22 Reigate Road, Worthing, BN11 5NF
• Hummingbird Restaurant, Terminal Building, 14 Cecil Pashley Way, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5FF
• IFG@Durrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
• Liaise (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Madrid to Mumbai Bakery, 78 Heene Road, Worthing, BN11 3RG
• Montagues Tex Mex Restaurant, 187 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3DA
• P & T Butchers, 54 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DB
• Project:Caffeine, 85 Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1HU
• Pumpkin Patch Day Nursery, 40 Crescent Road, Worthing, BN11 4JS
• Rincon De Pepe, 52 South Street, Worthing, BN14 7LS
• Sticky Fingers Worthing Childcare, 67 Victoria Road, Worthing, BN11 1UN
• The Golden Lion, 7 The Strand, Worthing, BN12 6DL
• The Hurst Nursing Home, 1 Mill Road, Worthing, BN11 4JR
• The John Selden, Half Moon Lane, Worthing, BN13 2EN
• The Pond Coffee, The Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WU
• The Verandah (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Touchstones Care Home, 9-11 Shakespeare Road, Worthing, BN11 4AL
• Ts, coffee, cake and more, 3a Dominion Buildings, Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8LE
• Uncle Sams Hamburgers Express, 34 Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8AG

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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