Food Hygiene – Right to reply Published by: hbcadmin, on: 17 April 2024 Food Hygiene - Right to reply Step 1 of 3 - Business Details 33% Notes for businesses: • As the food business operator of the establishment you have a ‘right to reply’ in respect of the food hygiene rating given following your inspection. • The purpose is to enable you to give an explanation of subsequent actions that have been taken to make the required improvements as detailed in the inspection letter, or to explain mitigation for the circumstances at the time of the inspection. It is not for making complaints or for criticising the scheme or food safety officer. • If you wish to use this ‘right to reply’, please use the form below and return it to the food safety officer that undertook your inspection - contact details are provided with the written notification of your food hygiene rating. • Your comments will be reviewed by the food safety officer and may be edited in order to remove offensive or defamatory remarks before being published online and displayed together with your food hygiene rating at food.gov.uk/ratings. • There will be a statement at food.gov.uk/ratings that will highlight that the accuracy of your comments has not been verified by local authority officers. Business DetailsFood business operator/proprietor(Required)Business name(Required)Business Address(Required) Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code Business tel. number(Required)Business email(Required) Inspection DetailsDate of inspection(Required) DD slash MM slash YYYY Food hygiene given(Required) 1 2 3 4 5 Comments: I agree with the inspection results but have since carried out the following improvements The establishment has been thoroughly cleaned and procedures are in place to ensure that cleanliness is maintained The establishment has been or will shortly be fully renovated. A new management system has been implemented. There is now a new manager and/or new staff. The staff have been trained/re-trained/given instruction/are under revised supervisory arrangements. Comments that you may wish to use as part of your right to reply - select any that applyOther comments - please specify below.The conditions found at the time of the inspection were not typical of the normal conditions maintained at the establishment and arose because (Please explain below and use only the space provided. You can also state any other improvements made): Name(Required) First Last Position(Required)Date(Required) DD slash MM slash YYYY Contact tel. number (if different to business tel. number given)Contact email (if different to business email given) Signature(Required)
