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FSA PUBLISH INITIAL FINDINGS OF FHRS CONSISTENCY EXERCISE

In response to local authority feedback and to assist professional development, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), have published top level results from the latest Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) National Consistency Exercise and the reasons and explanations for each of the expected component scores.

This is the seventh FHRS national consistency exercise carried out and asked the Local Authorities in England, Northern Ireland and Wales to assess a scenario based at Northdale Cottage Home Catering, a food business producing individual “ready-meals” which are delivered frozen for reheating by the customer.

Officers were asked to consider the exercise materials provided with the scenario and then:

  1. Determine what scores should be awarded for Hygiene, Structure and Confidence in Management
  2. Calculate the corresponding Food Hygiene Rating
  3. Discuss what, if any, enforcement action is appropriate in accordance with the Food Law Code of Practice and the authority’s enforcement policy.

There are a total of 367 local authorities across the three nations, 343 of which deliver food hygiene services. A total of 319 local authorities submitted a score which equates to a response rate of 93%, slightly higher than last year’s response rate (85%).

The expected outcome of the scenario was a food hygiene rating of ‘3’ with most local authorities giving this score.

You can read the report in more detail here

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