Hygiene Rating Alerts, for deep cleaning
See significant published hygiene-rating changes in your area.
A fall of two points or more is the kind of change a kitchen has to answer, and the answer often includes a clean it would not otherwise have bought.
A fall of two points is a dated public change, and a larger one than most.
Deep cleans get bought when someone has to show an inspector a difference. The published fall tells you who and when. It never tells you what the inspector found, and this page will not pretend it does.
The alert gives you the premises that fell, by how much, and when, with the rating it replaced from Harrier's own history, so you decide who to approach first.
Which changes matter to you
Rating fall
The rating, the date, and the rating it replaced from Harrier's own dated copies of the register.
Re-inspection requested
The register's own flag, public and dated. A business that asked to be inspected again is preparing for it.
New business awaiting inspection
An establishment on the register that has not yet been rated.
Rating rise
Recorded so the history is complete.
A real example, read for deep cleaning
From Hygiene Rating Alerts. Real, checked against Companies House, at least seven days old.
What changed. The published hygiene rating for Cody's Italian Shop Ltd, 530 Bearwood Road, Smethwick B66 4BX, fell from 4 to 2. Inspected 7 July 2026, published between Harrier's records of 7 and 12 August 2026. The previous rating comes from Harrier's own dated copies of the register.
Where. Smethwick B66, West Midlands
Why it may matter. A fall of two points to a 2 is the kind of change a kitchen has to answer.
Check. How big the fall was, two points here, the company behind the premises, and the publication window, because the inspection was 7 July and the fall appeared in August.
Three things to check first
How big was the fall
The rating before and after, from Harrier's own history.
Can you lawfully approach it
Every premises in a briefing is matched to a registered company, and the alert names it.
How old is the inspection
Inspection date and publication window, both shown.
Try it for 14 days, free
No card required. Your first briefing, then two weekly briefings. Choose whether to subscribe when your trial ends.
Common questions
Can I filter to falls of two points or more?
Yes. The size of the fall and the floor it fell to are settings.
Does it show what the inspector found?
No. The report is not published. The three component scores are, for most premises, and whether the alert carries them is being decided in the first briefings.
What area does it cover?
England and Wales through the Food Standards Agency's register. You choose the territory.
Can I use this for sales?
Alerts name businesses, never people, and use the premises address only. Where we cannot match a company the alert says so. Your own marketing rules still apply.
When does it start?
Today. Start the fourteen-day trial, verify your address, and the first briefing is prepared for your area. Nothing is charged.
Also read for
Wholesale and drinks
A food business new to the register is a dated reason to open an account.
For wholesale and drinks →EPOS and card payments
A new venue on the register is a dated reason to ask how it takes payments.
For epos and card payments →Catering equipment
New food businesses waiting for their first inspection, as the register lists them.
For catering equipment →