The data provides the food hygiene rating or inspection result given to a business and reflects the standards of food hygiene found on the date of inspection or visit by the local authority. Businesses include restaurants, pubs, cafés, takeaways, hotels and other places consumers eat, as well as in supermarkets and other food shops. The data is held on behalf of local authorities participating in the Food Standards Agency's national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) in England, Northern Ireland and Wales or the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS) in Scotland. Data is only available for local authority areas running either of these schemes.

The food hygiene rating data published at www.food.gov.uk/ratings are available via an application programming interface (API) in XML and JSON formats. This is a free service and there is no need to register to use it. Terms and conditions apply and guidance for developers is available. Full datasets available at: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data/en-GB

The datasets listed below are from the participating local authorities in West Midlands.

Updated API

From March 2013, the API includes:

• three component scores for FHRS rating data (but not FHIS data in Scotland): hygiene, structure of premises, confidence in management
• more consumable and SEO-friendly URLs
• updated documentation

There is also a widget for each business. This means a hygiene rating can be displayed on your website and will update if the API data changes.

Data providing the food hygiene rating or inspection result given to a business.

Details of the business expenses of the FSA's Directors, its Chair and Board members.

The Government is committed to setting new standards for transparency so that the public can more easily see how and where taxpayers’ money is being spent and hold politicians, Government departments and public bodies to account.

On this page we are publishing details of the business expenses incurred by the FSA’s Chair, Board members and senior staff.

Further information may be found on the FSA's Food and You Survey webpage.

Food and You 2, 2020-2025
The Food and You 2 survey was conducted using a push-to-web methodology and explored participants’ food-related knowledge, behaviours and attitudes. Push-to-web is a quantitative data collection method in which participants are contacted using an offline means of contact and asked to complete an online survey. In this survey, participants were contacted by letter, with those who chose not to complete the online survey, after the initial reminder, subsequently sent a postal version.

Trends data
The second Food and You 2 trends data provides an overview of key trends between Wave 1 (July 2020 to October 2020) and Wave 8 (October 2023 to January 2024).

A set of additional variables for Food and You 2, covering food allergies and related demographics is available under SN 8815, subject to more restrictive Special Licence access conditions.

Latest edition information
For the 11th edition (June 2025), data and documentation for Wave 9 were added to the study and the trends dataset was updated to include Waves 1-8.

The release includes an appendix presenting numbers and types of incidents, reported to the Food Standards Agency, that have the potential to impact on the safety of food. The release adopts a broad definition of such incidents, in terms of their character, severity and the channel via which they are reported. It acknowledges that reporting may be incomplete. Source agency: Food Standards Agency Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Annual report of incidents

As part of the government's commitment to greater transparency, the FSA publishes quarterly data summaries of expenditure approvals for ICT, advertising and marketing, recruitment, property and consultancy controls.

A monthly-updated list of all financial transactions spending over £25,000 made by the Food Standards Agency, as part of the Government's commitment to transparency in expenditure.

All outside appointments or employment taken up by former Food Standards Agency staff at senior civil service levels SCS1 and SCS2.

City of York Council’s data on Food Hygiene Rating in the city. The food hygiene rating or inspection result given to a business reflects the standards of food hygiene found on the date of inspection or visit by the local authority. As Such, the food hygiene rating is not a guide to food quality.

The information provided on businesses is updated at least every 27 days and is held by the Food Standards Agency on behalf of the City of York Council participating in the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Data is georeferenced and can be previewed in a map. It can also be retrieved making use of the API in place. There is an APP available for downloading as well.

For further information, please visit Food Hygiene Rating Scheme or the FAQs

The release includes an appendix presenting numbers and types of incidents, reported to the Food Standards Agency, that have the potential to impact on the safety of food. The release adopts a broad definition of such incidents, in terms of their character, severity and the channel via which they are reported. It acknowledges that reporting may be incomplete. Source agency: Food Standards Agency Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Annual report of incidents

The information has been extracted from the Incidents Database and provides a summary of incident notifications received and managed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The information is being published as open data on the FSA’s website.

In the UK, food hygiene ratings are an important indicator of the cleanliness and safety standards of food establishments. Managed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities, the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) is designed to help the public make informed choices about where they eat out or buy food.The ratings range from 0 to 5, with 5 indicating that the business has "very good" hygiene standards, while 0 suggests that urgent improvements are necessary. These ratings are based on several criteria, including how food is handled, the cleanliness of the facilities, and how food safety is managed.The food hygiene rating is not a guide on food quality.Inspections are carried out by environmental health officers who assess three key areas (lower scores in these areas are better):Hygiene: This covers how food is prepared, cooked, and stored.Structural: This includes cleanliness, layout, and ventilation.Confidence in Management: This evaluates how well businesses identify and manage food safety risks.While food businesses are encouraged to display their hygiene ratings publicly, it is not mandatory in England.