Food Hygiene Rating Scheme:
‘Opt in’ application / /
Notes for businesses:
  • This form is for use only by businesses that serve or supply food direct to consumers (it isnot for use by businesses that are involved solely in business to business trade (for example, primary producers or manufacturers) as these businesses are not covered by the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme).
  • Most businesses that serve or supply food direct to consumers will routinely be given a hygiene rating under the scheme when they are inspected but some will not.
  • Those that will not routinely get a rating include:
−businesses that are a low risk in terms of food safety and that the public would not generally recognise as being a food business – examples include chemist shops or visitor centres selling tins of biscuits
−childminders and other caring services provided in the home environment.
  • If your local authority has decided that your business falls into one of these categories, you will not routinely get a rating.
  • If your serve or supply food direct to consumers and you think the lack of a rating isadversely affecting your trade, you can ask to ‘opt in’ to the scheme and be assessed for a rating.
  • If you ask to ‘opt in’, and your local authority agrees, you cannot subsequently ‘opt out’if you are unhappy with the rating you are given at the initial inspection or at future inspections
  • As with the other food businesses covered by the scheme, you will get a new rating each time your business is inspectedand you will be given a sticker and certificate that you can put up at your premises to tell your customers how good your hygiene standards are.
  • Unless you operate from a private address, your rating will generally be also published at food.gov.uk/ratings.
  • Where your rating is not published, you can use still your certificate to show people what rating you were given.
  • To make a request to opt into the scheme, please complete the form below and send it to your local authority - details below.

Business details

Food business operator/proprietor
Business name
Business address
Business tel no / Business email
Opt in declaration
I wish to opt in to the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme 
Signed
Name in capitals
Position / Date

Please return this form to:

Haringey Council, Commercial Environmental Health, Level 6 Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, London N22 7TR

Email to Tel. 020 8489 1000