Area-level summaries built from government food-safety snapshots across the UK, US and Denmark. Verify individual businesses with the linked authority.
Use the directory as a research starting point, then confirm the current record with the responsible authority.
Search the available city, local-authority, chain, cuisine and guide pages. Individual restaurant lookup is not currently available.
Review the available area statistics, source dates and selected inspection details. Coverage differs by authority.
Follow the source link to check the latest official information for the specific business before relying on it.
Public food-safety datasets currently covered in three countries
Every year, millions of people suffer from foodborne illness. Government food safety inspections exist to protect you — but most people never check the results before choosing where to eat.
FoodHygieneCheck aggregates public inspection records from the UK, US and Denmark. We filter, deduplicate and normalise source fields to create area-level summaries, so the current authority record remains the final reference.
Each country uses a different system. The UK uses 0–5 ratings or Scotland's Pass/Improvement Required scheme. NYC uses letter grades, Chicago uses pass/fail, and Denmark currently uses happy, straight-mouth and sour smileys. These systems are not directly equivalent.
All data comes from official government food safety agencies: the Food Standards Agency (UK), NYC Department of Health and city health departments (US), and Fødevarestyrelsen (Denmark). We never create or modify ratings.
Our guarded refresh currently runs weekly. Each page displays the snapshot retrieval date, and historical exceptions such as Dallas are labelled separately. Authorities may publish changes between our refreshes.
The UK uses a 0–5 scale (5 = very good, 0 = urgent improvement required). Scotland uses Pass/Improvement Required. The US varies by city: NYC uses letter grades and Chicago uses pass/fail. Denmark's current consumer scheme uses happy, straight-mouth and sour smileys.
Yes, completely free. Food safety is a public interest matter and all the data we present is publicly available from government sources. We believe everyone deserves easy access to this information.
This directory currently provides area and category summaries rather than individual restaurant profiles. Use the linked government authority to verify a specific restaurant before ordering.
We aggregate and normalise public source records, so errors or delays can occur. Check the authority record first, then use our Corrections page to report a stale or mismatched directory summary.