The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Braintree
East Counties · 1,283 registered food establishments · 84.9% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
36 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 12 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 116 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Braintree interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 63 improved 65 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
62 days median · 93 days average
across 443 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 116 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in Braintree
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Newland Convenience Store | → | CM8 2BD |
| 2026-10-09 | Squares \& Circles Pizza Co | → | CM8 3TH |
| 2026-10-09 | Fox In The Stables Tea Room | → | CO9 1PU |
| 2026-10-09 | The Retreat PH | → | CM7 5JY |
| 2026-10-02 | Balkan Grill | → | |
| 2026-10-02 | Tesco | → | CM77 8AA |
Latest changes in Braintree
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Rae's Food House | CO9 2SY |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | The Looney Cow | CO9 2JG |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | AJ Bake Lab | |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Cheese To You | |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Shwings | |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Hatfield Wick Education | CM3 2AG |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | The Horse And Groom | CM7 4HF |
| 2026-10-02 | Opened | Holly's Haven |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
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