UK Food Hygiene Ratings for Businesses and Inspection Dates

Food hygiene ratings or inspection results assigned to businesses by local authorities in the UK. The data covers restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, supermarkets, and other food shops participating in the national scheme. It is held on behalf of local authorities by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and was last updated on 2026-06-24.

Use Cases

• Identify businesses with poor hygiene standards based on inspection ratings.
• Analyze inspection frequency and results over time based on visit dates.
• Map food hygiene ratings by business type (e.g., restaurants vs. takeaways).
• Assess local authority participation and enforcement in the national scheme.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of business types including restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, and food shops.
• Includes inspection dates, enabling temporal analysis of hygiene compliance.
• Data is part of a national scheme coordinated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the UK local authorities participating in the scheme.

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority, on behalf of local authorities participating in the FSA's national food hygiene rating schemes.

Collection Method

Inspections and ratings assigned by local authority officials.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 21:07:25.801922; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, with data from participating local authorities.