Food Hygiene
Food Hygiene Audit
Food hygiene audits of your sites provide you and your managers with cost-effective, practical solutions to keep food safe and comply with the law.
Why audit?
Are food hygiene audits required by law?
Independent food hygiene audits are not a legal requirement. However all food businesses should be inspected by a local authority EHO or a Food Standards Agency inspector to ensure they meet legal requirements to keep food safe.
Food suppliers may also be inspected by customers or third-party certification companies to achieve or maintain approvals such as SALSA or BRCGS. Food safety audits alert you to what you need to do to comply — helping you avoid costly legal action, a poor food hygiene rating, or loss of supplier certification.
The process
What to expect from a food hygiene audit
Safer Food Scores food hygiene experts inspect your food premises, check records and speak to your managers and staff as part of a food safety audit. For SALSA or BRCGS, we audit your operation against the relevant standard.
- 01 Premises inspection and records review
- 02 Manager and staff interviews
- 03 Straightforward action plan for each site
- 04 Actions tracked in our cloud-based software
Ratings impact
Food hygiene audits and food hygiene ratings
Our auditors predict your food hygiene rating to alert you to potential reputational damage. Being independently audited also improves the “confidence in management” section of your score.
Local councils do not give food hygiene ratings to food suppliers that do not serve the public directly. In those cases we predict whether POAO, SALSA or BRCGS approval would be achieved.
Next step
Make an enquiry about Food Hygiene Audit
Tell us about your sites and priorities — we’ll recommend the right mix of consultancy, audits or mentoring.