safe2eat

The Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations allows the public access to information on work that local authorities carry out. The safe2eat scheme has been set up to proactively give information on food premises following a primary food hygiene inspection.

The hygiene ratings that you will find on this site have been given following an inspection of a business from a local authority food inspector. The inspector will assess each premise using the Food Standards Agency 'Inspection Rating Scheme' which is defined in their Code of Practice on Food Law.

The outcome of this assessment will determine whether a premise is:

unsatisfactory	where there is non-compliance with food safety legislation, which increases the risk to health, and where it is likely to result in formal action being taken. An unsatisfactory rating does not mean that it is unsafe to eat food from the business. If the inspecting officer is satisfied that there is an imminent risk of injury from eating food from the business the Council will stop the business trading or the activity occurring.
satisfactory	where there is generally good compliance with food safety legislation but there maybe some minor matters of non-compliance.
excellent	where there is full compliance with food safety legislation.
awaiting	Those premises that have recently opened or have changed ownership and are awaiting their first inspection.

IMPORTANT NOTE
Whilst the assessment considers confidence in a food businesses maintaining hygiene standards this rating can only be considered accurate at the time of the last primary food hygiene inspection, the date of which can be found against each premise, therefore the result may not be representative of the overall long-term food hygiene standards of the business.

If you are interested in finding out the Hygiene Ratings for food premises in the Eastleigh area please use the search facilities on the left.

For further information on the safe2eat scheme and other premises in Hampshire please visit the safe2eat website here

The Hampshire Food Group 'Safe to Eat' (www.safe2eat.com) system is designed to provide the public with information about the Hygiene Standards at Food Premises throughout Hampshire.

The Food Standards Agency and some other Local Authorities have similar systems which rather than Safe to Eat or Safe2Eat are often termed 'scores on the doors' or 'scoresonthedoors' initiatives.

Links:
www.food.gov.uk  Food Standards Agency