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Appeal your food hygiene rating - Appeals

Appeals

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

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If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email fsa.communications@food.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email fsa.communications@food.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email fsa.communications@food.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

Before making an appeal, business owners or managers should contact the local authority food safety officer first to understand why the rating was given. If the business owner or manager still thinks that the rating is unfair or wrong, they can appeal in writing to their local authority.

England

Wales

Northern Ireland

Details for a business are wrong

If you are the owner or manager of a food business and the rating, name or address details shown on our food hygiene ratings website are wrong, you should contact the local authority that gave you the rating and ask for the necessary changes to be made.

Further information

Updates to this page

Published 25 June 2026

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