District Council
Scores on doors
From 1 August 2007 consumers in the district will be informed about food safety standards found in the district’s food businesses.
Following programmed inspections each food business included in the scheme will be given a star rating related to hygiene, structure and confidence in management. A certificate will be issued to food businesses to display in their premises and the star rating will be published on the council’s website.
We believe that publicising and issuing star awards will give higher achieving businesses the recognition they deserve and will drive up standards in the poorer performing businesses.
The star rating
A five star award scheme has been developed based on national guidance and the Food Standards Agency Code of Practice. This will give the public and businesses a quick method of establishing compliance with the legislation.
Each premises will be given a scores by the environmental health team following the food hygiene inspection and this will then be converted into stars.
| Stars | Rating |
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Excellent |
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Very good |
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Good |
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Satisfactory |
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Poor |
| Zero stars | Very poor |
Guidance on scoring
| 5 stars | Total compliance with statutory obligations. Excellent structural standards and very high confidence in management. |
| 4 stars | High standard of compliance with statutory obligations. Good structural standards and high confidence in management. |
| 3 stars | Minor non-complaince with statutory obligations. Structural standards and confidence in management are good. |
| 2 stars | Generally complies with statutory obligations. Structural standards and confidence in management are acceptable. |
| 1 star | General failure to satisfy statutory obligations. Structural standards and confidence in management is low. More effort required to prevent fall in standards. |
| zero stars | Unacceptable. Almost total non-compliance with statutory obligations. Structure very poor and little or no confidence in management. Follow up action likely. |
Where to find the scores
You can now download the latest scores
in the 
Scores on doors 192kb document. Food premises scores will only be updated at the beginning of
each month. For example, the
scores given to premises inspection in August will appear on the council’s website from the beginning
of September 2007.
All businesses will be issued with a certificate displaying the star rating with their food hygiene inspection report.The food business does not have any legal duty to display the certificate in the window although we will be encouraging businesses to do so.
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions regarding the star rating scheme please refer to our frequently asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for please contact the Environmental Health food safety team on 01722 434320/319 or enhmail@salisbury.gov.uk
Documents
- Scores on doors 192kb
Information:
Contact details:
Telephone:
01722 434319 or 434320
email:
enhmail@salisbury.gov.uk
Postal address:
Environmental Services
Salisbury District Council
PO
Box 2126
Salisbury
SP2 2DJ
