Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
For details of the Food Hygiene Rating of food premises in the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council area click on the link below:
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Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with Local Councils developed the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. It provides information on food hygiene standards to help you choose where to eat out or shop for food.
Food safety officers from the Council inspect food outlets such as restaurants, takeaways, supermarkets and grocers. During the inspection, we check that their hygiene standards meet legal requirements and cover areas such as:
• How hygienically the food is handled - how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored
• The condition of the structure of the buildings - the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities
• How the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe, including having a completed safe catering pack or equivalent, the previous history of compliance in the business and staff training.
There are many ways to check the rating of local eating establishments; you can check the rating online, via the free phone app or look for the distinctive green and black rating sticker that businesses must display.
The hygiene standards found at the time of inspection are then rated on a scale of 0 to 5. A business can be given one of these ratings.
| Value Awarded | Standard Achieved |
|---|---|
| Five | Very Good |
| Four | Good |
| Three | Generally Satisfactory |
| Two | Improvement Necessary |
| One | Major Improvement Necessary |
| Zero | Urgent Improvement Required |
Safeguards for businesses are incorporated in the scheme such as appeals, re-rating inspection and right of reply. Further information and application forms can be downloaded below.
Request for a re-rating Inspection.