Find out about the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and its introduction in Eastbourne.
Helping Customers Choose Where to Eat
This national scheme is developed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities.
The aim is to provide members of the public with easily accessible information on food hygiene standards to allow them to make a more informed choice of where to eat out or shop for food.
This will reward the better performing businesses and provide an incentive to owners with poor food hygiene to improve.
Around one million people suffer from food poisoning every year, and the aim in introducing the scheme is to reduce this.
Introducing the Scheme in Eastbourne
The council's Food Safety Team started to introduce the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme across the borough from 4 April 2011.
The scheme will mean that food premises in Eastbourne will be given a rating based on their food hygiene.
This is published through our website and can be displayed by the owner in their food premises:
Grant Funding for Sussex
Eleven local authorities in East and West Sussex made a successful bid for funding from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to introduce the scheme in Sussex. (Brighton & Hove and Crawley are already operating similar schemes). The funding amounts to over £65,000 and covers the cost of setting up the scheme in the County.
The first stage of implementation involved writing to the owners of all food premises in the borough to confirm ownership and other details on our database. A mailing was sent out in April 2011 with a Sussex newsletter and a form to be returned with any corrections or missing information:
