# UK Food Hygiene Ratings: Restaurants & Takeaways (FSA) (`frenchdatalab/uk-food-hygiene-ratings`) Actor

UK restaurants, cafes, takeaways, pubs, hotels and food shops from the official Food Standards Agency register: name, address, postcode, hygiene rating (0-5), inspection date, scores and GPS. Filter by type, council, rating and date; new-inspection alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/frenchdatalab/uk-food-hygiene-ratings.md
- **Developed by:** [French Data lab](https://apify.com/frenchdatalab) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 establishments

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Food Hygiene Ratings: Restaurants, Takeaways & Shops (FSA)

Every **UK food business** in the official **Food Standards Agency** register (500,000+ restaurants, cafes, takeaways, pubs, hotels, mobile caterers, shops, manufacturers…) with **name, address, postcode, hygiene rating, inspection date, detailed scores and GPS coordinates**.

Filter by **business type, council, town or postcode, name, rating and inspection date**, or schedule it to receive **only new businesses and new inspections**.

### What can you do with it?

- 🎯 **B2B leads in hospitality**: *"every restaurant and takeaway in Manchester"* for food suppliers, delivery platforms, card terminals, cleaning or pest control companies.
- 🧯 **Hygiene-related services**: *"restaurants rated 0 to 2 in Westminster"* need training, deep cleaning, consulting.
- 🆕 **New openings**: weekly alerts of newly registered businesses (often awaiting inspection) and new ratings.
- 🗺️ **Market mapping**: count and locate food businesses by council and type (GPS included).

### Why this Actor?

| | This Actor | Typical FSA tools |
|---|---|---|
| Councils by name | ✅ "Westminster", "Leeds" | ⚠️ numeric ids |
| Rating and inspection-date filters | ✅ min / max rating, inspected since, new rating pending | ❌ |
| Clean data | ✅ postcodes recovered when typed inside the address, placeholder dates (1901-01-01) removed, numeric rating field | ⚠️ raw |
| Monitoring | ✅ only new businesses and new inspections | ❌ |
| Big extractions | ✅ 5,000 per request, all pages | ⚠️ |

### Input

| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `businessTypes` | Restaurant/cafe, takeaway, pub, hotel, mobile caterer, retailers, supermarkets… | `[1, 7844]` |
| `localAuthorities` | Council names | `["Westminster"]` |
| `address` | Town or postcode text | `"Brighton"` |
| `businessName` | Name contains | `"pizza"` |
| `minRating` / `maxRating` | 0 to 5 | `0`, `2` |
| `inspectedSince` | Inspection date | `"2026-06-01"` |
| `newRatingPendingOnly` | Recently inspected, new rating not published yet | `false` |
| `onlyNewInspectionsSinceLastRun` | Monitoring mode | `true` |
| `maxResults` | Maximum establishments | `5000` |

### Output

Real example (shortened):

```json
{
    "fhrsId": 1836353,
    "businessName": "60 Degrees Coffee",
    "businessType": "Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen",
    "address": "UNIT 10B 10 GREYCOAT PLACE, LONDON",
    "postcode": "SW1P 1SB",
    "localAuthority": "Westminster",
    "rating": "2",
    "ratingNumber": 2,
    "ratingDate": "2025-06-30",
    "scheme": "FHRS",
    "url": "https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1836353"
}
```

Other fields: `phone` (rarely published), `localAuthorityEmail`, `newRatingPending`, `hygieneScore`, `structuralScore`, `managementScore` (lower is better), `latitude`, `longitude`.

### Notes

- Scotland uses the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (`scheme: FHIS`, ratings "Pass" / "Improvement Required"): 0-5 filters apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Ratings change after each inspection: always use the current rating or show `ratingDate`, as the FSA terms require.

### Pricing

Pay per establishment returned. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops exactly there.

### Source & licence

Food hygiene rating data from the **Food Standards Agency**, licensed under the **Open Government Licence v3.0**. This Actor is independent and not endorsed by the FSA.

# Actor input Schema

## `businessTypes` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all types.

## `localAuthorities` (type: `array`):

Council names, e.g. "Westminster", "Manchester", "Leeds", "Edinburgh" (partial names match all councils containing them).

## `address` (type: `string`):

Free text searched in the address, e.g. "Brighton" or "SW1A".

## `businessName` (type: `string`):

e.g. "pizza", "costa".

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

England, Wales and Northern Ireland ratings (Scotland uses Pass / Improvement Required).

## `maxRating` (type: `integer`):

e.g. 2 for poorly rated establishments.

## `inspectedSince` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `newRatingPendingOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Establishments inspected recently whose new rating is not published yet.

## `onlyNewInspectionsSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Monitoring: schedule the Actor (e.g. weekly) and receive only new businesses and new ratings.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of establishments returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "businessTypes": [
    "1"
  ],
  "localAuthorities": [
    "Westminster"
  ],
  "newRatingPendingOnly": false,
  "onlyNewInspectionsSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `establishments` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "businessTypes": [
        "1"
    ],
    "localAuthorities": [
        "Westminster"
    ],
    "maxResults": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("frenchdatalab/uk-food-hygiene-ratings").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "businessTypes": ["1"],
    "localAuthorities": ["Westminster"],
    "maxResults": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("frenchdatalab/uk-food-hygiene-ratings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "businessTypes": [
    "1"
  ],
  "localAuthorities": [
    "Westminster"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50
}' |
apify call frenchdatalab/uk-food-hygiene-ratings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,frenchdatalab/uk-food-hygiene-ratings"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/sKdig1aG7fiOY8WaQ/builds/oBdSo74lpfzt7p1ej/openapi.json