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:

September 2024:

• Cafe Vita, 4-7 Arcade Buildings, South Street, Worthing, BN11 3AL
• Chartwells at Durrington School, 81a Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD
• Chartwells at Hawthorns Primary School, 9 Poplar Road, Worthing, BN13 3EZ
• Chartwells at Orchards School also trading as Chartwells at Field Place First School, Orchards Junior School, 102 Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
• Chartwells at The Globe Primary Academy School, Irene Avenue, Lancing, BN15 9NZ
• Connect Catering at Haviland House, 20a Robin Road, Worthing, BN12 6FE
• Flame N Grill, 393a Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8JX
• Goring News and Wine, 34 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AD
• Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing, 122 Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8HU
• Lancing Oriental Express, 90 Manor Road, Lancing, BN15 0HD
• Lancing Tabernacle Community Church, 105 North Road, Lancing, BN15 9BB
• Laughing Dog Worthing, 20-22 Brighton Road, Worthing, BN11 3ED
• Lidl Downlands Retail Park, Lyons Way, Worthing, BN14 9FB
• Pit and Pal, 69 High Street, Shoreham-by-sea, BN43 5DE
• Pumpkin Patch Day Nursery, 21 St Botolphs Road, Worthing, BN11 4JS
• Ruby Bakes (Registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Skinilean Limited trading as The Protein Ball Co and The Great British Porridge Co, Unit 8, Downsbrook Trading Estate, Southdownview Way, Worthing, BN14 8NQ
• Sweet Eras Shop (Registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• The Caterers (Registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• The Longshore, 153 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-sea, BN43 5LD
• West Sussex Alternative Provision, The Links College South Lancing, 126 Grinstead Lane, Lancing, BN15 9FL
• Worthing Hospital, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Lyndhurst Road,
• Worthing, BN11 2DH
• You Me Sushi, 7 Cricketers Parade, Worthing, BN14 9DB
• Your Sweet Dreams (Registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)

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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