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:

January 2025:

• Andreas Takeaway, 8 South Street, Lancing, BN15 8AG
• Aramark@ Worthing College, 1 Sanditon Way, Worthing, BN14 9FD
• Arvq also trading as Old 19 (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils) 
• ASK Italian also T/A Coco di Mama, 32 Warwick Street, Worthing, BN11 3DJ
• B.E.S.T PROJECT-PEAR TREE HOUSE (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Bare Cacao, Unit 3, Triangle Business Centre, 95 Commerce Way, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 8UP
• Bay Leaf Café, 44b Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AD
• Beautifu'Lee' Baked (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Boundstone Nursery School, Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 9QY
• Bright Horizons Day Nursery & Preschool, Happysaurus Nursery, 48 Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5UD
• Busy Bees Day Nursery, 84 Poulters Lane, Worthing, BN14 7SZ
• Chenoodles tasty house, 42 Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DF
• Cloud City Vape (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• ColdVanLtd (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Early Birds Club, South Lyndhurst Infant School, 179a Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DG
• Educate U Futures, 52 Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1BE
• Educate U, Unit 2, Revenue Chambers, 58c Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1BG
• Elreg House, 58, Rosslyn Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6WP
• Field Place Manor House and Barns, Field Place, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1PR
• Golden China, 336 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4PD
• Goring Fish Bar, 8 Limbrick Corner, Limbrick Lane, Worthing, BN12 6JL
• Hannah Laker (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
• Hector's Shed, 36 East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5ZD
• Holland & Barrett, Unit 9, 1 Fulbeck Way, Worthing, BN13 3FG
• Little Rascals Day Nursery, 45 Chesswood Road, Worthing, BN11 2AA
• McDonald's, 8-12 Liverpool Road, Worthing, BN11 1SX
• Montague Store, 128 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3HG
• Munch Coffee Bar & Kitchen, 3-5 The Royal Arcade, Worthing, BN11 3AY
• News & Cards, 27 Richmond Road, Worthing, BN11 1PN
• News Corner, 71 Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1HU
• OCS Group UK Ltd, Highdown Court, 2 Durrington Lane, Worthing, BN13 2GZ
• Patisserie 43, 3 Strand Parade, Worthing, BN12 6DH
• Penny's Preserves (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Perfect little pot of... (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Pizza Express, Stanford Cottage, Stanford Square, Worthing, BN11 3EZ
• Premier Inn, 127 Marine Parade, Worthing, BN11 3FN
• Ropetackle Fish and Chip Restaurant, 90 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DB
• S Newson Family Butchers, 48 Broadwater Street East, Worthing, BN14 9AW
• Savers, 54 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3HE
• St George's Church, St Georges Road, Worthing, BN11 2DS
• TAAROF (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• The Fish Factory, 51-53 Brighton Road, Worthing, BN11 3EE
• The Harbour Club (bar), Harbour Way, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5HG
• The Honest Juice Co, Unit 6, Tungsten Building, George Street, Southwick, Brighton, BN41 1RA
• The Libertine, 46-56 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QN
• The Pawfic Cup (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils) 
• The Premier, 8 Queensway, Lancing, BN15 9AY
• The Real Pizza Company, 68-70 Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8AG
• Uncle Sams, 2 Strand Parade, Worthing, BN12 6DJ
• Victoria Royal Beach (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• VIM Camps Ltd, Shoreham Beach Primary School, Shingle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5RH
• West Beach Coffee and Deli, 395 Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8JX
• Westholme Clinic, 10 Clive Avenue, Worthing, BN12 4SG
• Wilmshurst Pharmacy, 58-60 Crabtree Lane, Lancing, BN15 9PJ
• Wine Me Up, 29 Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WA
• Yamu Yamu, 134 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3HG
• Young Sussex, 302 Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6BA

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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