How FoodHygieneCheck collects, normalises and presents official food-safety records.
Current source snapshot: see the dated source snapshots below. FoodHygieneCheck is an independent directory and does not issue, alter or predict official inspection ratings.
UK records come from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland. US records come from the named city or county health authority shown on each page, including Los Angeles County, New York City and Chicago. Denmark records come from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
Source fields are normalised into a common directory structure. For repeated records, dates are parsed before selecting the latest day per source identifier (Dallas uses identifier and address; Los Angeles groups facilities with active programmes). If same-day rows disagree on a displayed grade, score or result, that measure is withheld from the summary; missing dates are also withheld. Such records remain in establishment counts. Multiple programmes are not silently assumed to be equivalent. Area statistics are then calculated from the records remaining in that snapshot.
Ratings are displayed in their native system: 0–5 or Pass/Improvement Required in the UK, city-specific grades or scores in the US, and smiley outcomes in Denmark. Scores from different authorities are not directly equivalent and should not be compared as if they used one standard.
Always follow the linked authority record for the current official position. Report a stale or mismatched directory entry through Corrections.
Retrieval is not an inspection date. Ratings may change; verify individual businesses with the official authority. Missing or conflicting results are not counted as a pass.