# UK Food Hygiene Ratings: Restaurants, Takeaways & Shops (`pankajbhatia/uk-food-hygiene-ratings`) Actor

Official UK Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings: search by business name, address or postcode and local authority; get rating 0-5, inspection date, scores, address and coordinates. Filter by business type and rating.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/uk-food-hygiene-ratings.md
- **Developed by:** [Pankaj Bhatia](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 food businesses

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Food Hygiene Ratings: Restaurants, Takeaways & Shops

Search official **Food Standards Agency (FSA) food hygiene ratings** for restaurants, takeaways, cafes, pubs, hotels, supermarkets and other food businesses in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. You can search by **business name**, **address or postcode**, and **local authority**, and filter by **business type** and **rating**. Each row includes the hygiene rating (0-5, or Pass/Improvement Required in Scotland), the **inspection date**, the hygiene, structural and management **scores**, the address, postcode, coordinates, the local authority and a link to the official FSA page. Phone numbers and email addresses are not returned. No login, no API key.

### Who is it for?

- **Food delivery, review and listing sites** that show hygiene badges.
- **B2B sales teams** selling to restaurants and food shops, building lead lists by area and type.
- **Investors, franchisors and landlords** checking sites before deals.
- **Journalists and councils** reporting on low-rated businesses.

### How to use it

1. Enter **business names** (for example `pizza` or `Greggs`), or leave the list empty to list every business in an area.
2. Add an **address or postcode** (for example `London` or `SE1`) and/or a **local authority** (for example `Southwark`).
3. Optionally filter by **business type** (Restaurant, Takeaway, Pub, Retailer) and **ratings** (for example `0`, `1`, `2`).
4. Set **Max results per search** and click **Start**.

### Input example

```json
{"businessNames": [], "localAuthority": "Southwark", "businessType": "Takeaway", "ratings": ["0", "1", "2"], "maxResultsPerSearch": 500}
```

### Output example

```json
{"fhrsId": 1158712, "businessName": "Pizza pilgrims", "businessType": "Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen", "rating": 5, "ratingDate": "2024-09-04", "hygieneScore": 5, "structuralScore": 5, "confidenceInManagementScore": 5, "address": "London Bridge Station, 2, Bermondsey Street, London", "postcode": "SE1 2ER", "localAuthority": "Southwark", "url": "https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1158712"}
```

### How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event: a small fee **per business** returned, plus a tiny per-run start fee. There is no subscription and no separate platform usage cost. For example, 1,000 businesses cost about $1. Searches with no matches and error rows are **not charged**. Set **Max results per search** or **Maximum cost per run** to cap your spending.

### Use it through the API, integrations or AI agents

Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n or Google Sheets. AI agents can find and call it through the Apify MCP server. Output is clean JSON with the same fields on every run.

### FAQ

**Is it legal?** Yes. The FSA publishes ratings through its public API under the **Open Government Licence v3.0**, which allows commercial reuse with attribution ("Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0"). The tool leaves out phone numbers and council email addresses.

**What do the scores mean?** Lower scores are better. Hygiene and structural scores go from 0 to 25, and confidence in management goes from 0 to 30. The overall rating runs from 0 (urgent improvement needed) to 5 (very good).

**What is "AwaitingInspection"?** The business is registered but has not been rated yet. Filter it out with the **ratings** field if you only want rated businesses.

**How fresh is the data?** The FSA updates ratings daily as councils upload inspection results.

**Why is Scotland different?** Scotland uses the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (Pass, Improvement Required, Exempt) instead of the 0-5 scale. The `ratingScheme` field shows FHIS or FHRS.

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# Actor input Schema

## `businessNames` (type: `array`):

e.g. pizza, Greggs, coffee. Leave empty to list all in an area.

## `addressOrPostcode` (type: `string`):

e.g. London, SE1, Leeds.

## `localAuthority` (type: `string`):

e.g. Southwark, Leeds, Cardiff.

## `businessType` (type: `string`):

e.g. Restaurant, Takeaway, Pub, Retailer.

## `ratings` (type: `array`):

Keep only these ratings, e.g. 0, 1, 2 or Pass, Exempt.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Limit for each business name.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "businessNames": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "addressOrPostcode": "london",
  "localAuthority": "",
  "businessType": "",
  "ratings": [],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per food business with its hygiene rating and inspection scores.

# 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 = {
    "businessNames": [
        "pizza"
    ],
    "addressOrPostcode": "london",
    "localAuthority": "",
    "businessType": "",
    "ratings": [],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pankajbhatia/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 = {
    "businessNames": ["pizza"],
    "addressOrPostcode": "london",
    "localAuthority": "",
    "businessType": "",
    "ratings": [],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pankajbhatia/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 '{
  "businessNames": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "addressOrPostcode": "london",
  "localAuthority": "",
  "businessType": "",
  "ratings": [],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 100
}' |
apify call pankajbhatia/uk-food-hygiene-ratings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pankajbhatia/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/KogD8e4Lrd8dEKMAJ/builds/uz7a2z707gS1PQLCB/openapi.json