The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in North Hertfordshire

East Counties · 1,132 registered food establishments · 79.5% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

34 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 42 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 266 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

147Opened (12m)
172Closed (12m)
2Relisted (12m)
42Takeover (12m)
288Rating changes (12m)
14Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 76 improved 64 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 805
4 143
3 44
2 12
1 9
Awaiting inspection 64
Exempt 55

Time to first published rating

98 days median · 109 days average
across 357 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 266 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 North Hertfordshire

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.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-08 Round Diamond Primary School Awaiting inspection → 5SG1 6NH
2026-10-08 Cromwell cakes and Sourdough Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-08 Asian Corner Awaiting inspection → 5SG6 3TS
2026-10-08 Roman Way Academy 4 → 5SG8 5EQ
2026-10-08 Gusto The Italian for Taste Ltd 1 → 5SG5 1DN
2026-10-08 R&E Family Butcher 3 → 4SG6 3ED

Latest changes in North Hertfordshire

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-08Takeover MatiSG5 1NB
2026-10-08Opened Sostrene GreneSG5 1JQ
2026-10-08Opened Hay Green Farm
2026-10-08Opened Caffe RossoSG4 9UL
2026-10-08Closed Parker’s fitness foodSG7 5NL
2026-10-08Closed Fry Me To The MoonSG5 3UA
2026-10-08Closed Peculiar Crumbs
2026-10-08Closed Eight on Wheels

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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