About HygieneFix

Who We Are

HygieneFix is operated by Anthony Johnson, based in the United Kingdom. The site provides a free food hygiene rating lookup service and a paid improvement plan product (£49) for UK food businesses that have received a low rating from their local authority Environmental Health team.

We are not affiliated with the Food Standards Agency (FSA), any local authority, or any Environmental Health professional body. Our service is an informational tool only and does not constitute professional food safety advice.

Our Mission

The UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme makes inspection data publicly available — but navigating it is hard. Raw scores, three-category breakdowns, and enforcement timelines are not presented in a way that helps business owners understand what they need to change. HygieneFix aims to bridge that gap: we make the data more readable and, for businesses rated 0–2, offer a structured starting point for improvement.

Data Sources

All food hygiene rating data displayed on this site is sourced from the Food Standards Agency's public API under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This data is Crown copyright and covers England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Our automated pipeline fetches updates from the FSA register daily. Rating data is current as of the last FSA update; there may be a short delay between an inspection taking place and the new rating appearing on the FSA register. Always verify your official rating directly with your local authority if in doubt.

AI-Generated Improvement Plans

For businesses rated 0, 1, or 2, we offer a personalised improvement plan generated using AI (Claude by Anthropic). The plan is produced by passing your establishment's specific inspection scores — hygiene, structural, and confidence in management — together with your business type to an AI model, which generates a prioritised checklist of recommended improvements.

The output is based on publicly available FSA inspection criteria and general food safety guidance. It is not a substitute for advice from a qualified Environmental Health Practitioner or food safety consultant, and we make no guarantee of any particular outcome at reinspection. Please read our Terms of Service for the full limitations of this service.

Editorial Standards

Blog articles on this site are written to help food business owners understand the inspection process, common failure points, and practical steps to improve. We aim for accuracy and link to authoritative sources (primarily the FSA and relevant legislation) wherever possible.

We do not carry sponsored content disguised as editorial. If this changes, it will be clearly disclosed. We do carry Google AdSense display advertising on editorial pages after cookie consent is given.

If you believe any content on this site is inaccurate, please contact us and we will investigate promptly.