Food: Hygiene
(asked on 9th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the financial or legislative barriers to making the display of food hygiene ratings mandatory in England.
This question was answered on 20th July 2026
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is currently exploring a wide set of reforms to the existing food system, and this will include consideration of a statutory Food Hygiene Rating Scheme in England. As part of this work, the FSA will review the available legislative options and update its assessment of the associated costs and benefits of a statutory scheme. Ministers will consider proposals in due course.