{"id":2995,"date":"2017-03-30T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food-safety.org.uk\/courses\/?page_id=2995"},"modified":"2022-10-22T16:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:46:47","slug":"food-hygiene-rating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/food-safety.org.uk\/courses\/food-hygiene-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"FOOD HYGIENE RATING"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Food Hygiene Rating.<\/h6>\n

The \u2018Food Hygiene Rating Scheme\u2019 is a local authority\/Food Standards Agency partnership initiative. <\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>scheme provides consumers with information about hygiene standards in food premises at the time they are inspected by local authority food safety officers to check compliance with legal requirements.<\/p>\n

The food hygiene rating given reflects the inspection findings. The purpose is to allow consumers to make informed choices about the places where they eat out or shop for food thereby encouraging businesses to improve their hygiene standards.<\/p>\n

SCHEME SAFEGUARDS.<\/h6>\n

In order to ensure that the scheme is fair to businesses, it has been designed to
\ninclude a number of safeguards. These are
\n\u2022 a right to appeal
\n\u2022 a \u2018right to reply\u2019
\n\u2022 an opportunity to request a re-visit when improvements have been made in order
\nto be re-assessed for a \u2018new\u2019 rating.<\/p>\n

SCORING.<\/h6>\n

Scoring is based on the following categories.<\/p>\n

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  1. Confidence in management \/ control procedures – how the business manages what it does to make sure food is safe and so that the officer can be confident standards will be maintained in the future.<\/li>\n
  2. Food hygiene and safety procedures – how hygienically the food is handled – safe food preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage, staff training.<\/li>\n
  3. Food premises structure – the condition of the structure of the premises – cleanliness, repair, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Each of these three elements is essential for making sure that food hygiene standards meet requirements and the food served or sold to you is safe to eat.<\/p>\n

    The rating is only about the hygiene standards of the food business – it is not about the quality of the food or about the standards of service provided to customers. Any business, no matter how small should be able to achieve the top rating of 5.<\/p>\n

    The scope of the law currently extends to establishments supplying food direct to consumers – this includes restaurants, cafes, takeaways, sandwich shops and other places that people eat food prepared outside of the home, as well as food retailers.<\/p>\n

    WHAT WE OFFER.<\/h6>\n

    Food Safety UK provide a RoSPA \/ CPD Certified certificate on completion of the Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering course.\u00a0 This entirely online course is approximately 3 hours in duration and provides learners with the flexibility to study, wherever and whenever they choose.<\/p>\n

    THE COST.<\/h6>\n

    The fee for this online food hygiene course is \u00a310 +VAT<\/strong>.\u00a0 This allows learners access to the course materials for a period of 90 days.\u00a0 Access also ceases immediately following a successful exam submission.<\/p>\n

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