Hygiene Rating Alerts, for food safety consultants
Follow rating changes and re-inspection requests across your area.
A business that has fallen and one that has asked for a re-inspection are at two different points of the same problem, and both are public.
A fall and a request to be re-inspected are two different moments, and both are public.
Consultants get called in either straight after a poor rating or when a business wants the re-inspection to go well. The register records both moments. Most consultants hear about neither until a referral.
The alert tells you which is which, in your territory, so you decide who needs a consultant now and who needs one before the inspector returns.
Which changes matter to you
Rating fall
A dated public fact.
Re-inspection requested
The register's own flag that the business has asked to be inspected again. Public, dated, and the clearest sign a business is preparing.
New business awaiting inspection
An establishment on the register that has not yet been rated, and has a first inspection ahead.
Rating rise
Recorded so the history is complete.
A real example, read for food safety consultants
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 from 4 to 2 is a dated public fact.
Check. Whether the premises has since requested a re-inspection, which the register flags, the company behind it, and the publication window.
Three things to check first
Has a re-inspection been requested
The register's flag, shown on the alert when present.
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.
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
Does it show the inspector's report?
No. The report is not published. A freedom of information request to the council is the route, and the alert gives you the council and the date.
Can I watch premises I already advise?
Yes. A watchlist of premises is a setting, alongside the territory.
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 →