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:

May 2025:

• Build-a-Burger (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Cavell House Care Home, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6GS
• Chartwells at West Park CofE School, 32 Marlborough Road, Worthing, BN12 4HD
• Greenwaves, 41 Ardsheal Road, Worthing, BN14 7RN
• Home from Home Nursery, 69 Grand Avenue, Worthing, BN11 5BB
• Ice Ice Baby (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Issa Sushi, 31 South Street, Worthing, BN11 3AW
• Jago's Pizza, 27-29 High Street, Worthing, BN14 7NN
• Jim Jams Catering (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Kiki's, 19-20 Marine Parade, Worthing, BN11 3PT
• Manuka Bar, 9 Portland Square, Worthing, BN11 1QH
• Merriman Grange Care Home, 102 Warren Road, Worthing, BN14 9QX
• Mitchell's Bar & Kitchen @ Adur Indoor Bowling Club, Old Barn Way, Southwick, BN42 4NT
• Neighbourhood Store, 18 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA
• North to South Indian Catering (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Premier Wholesale Foods, Unit 3 to 5, Decoy Road, Worthing, BN14 8ND
• Sainsbury's, 341 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4NX
• Sainsbury's, 68-70 Littlehampton Road, Worthing, BN13 1QH
• Shoreham Fish Bar, 19 Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5UA
• Shoreham Service Station, Station Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DR
• Tesco Express, 24a Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AJ
• Tesco Express, 63 Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8LB
• Texas Pizza, 24a North Street, Worthing, BN11 1DU
• The Chatsworth Hotel, 13-23 The Steyne, Worthing, BN11 3DU
• The Cricketers, 66 Broadwater Street West, Worthing, BN14 9DE
• The Marlipins Kitchen, 38  High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA
• The Marlipins Pub, 38 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA
• The Park View, 159 Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JR
• The River Kitchen at the Crown and Anchor, 33 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DD
• Wing Wah, 117-119 Clifton Road, Worthing, BN11 4DP
• Worthing Bowling Club, Beach House Park, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing,
• Worthing Pavilion Bowling Club, 78 Pavilion Road, Worthing, BN14 7EQ

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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