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Food hygiene in Uttlesford by area

In the last month 1 food place across Uttlesford was given a hygiene score. Over three months, 0 places scored 2 or below, and 67 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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–scored 51 places, last 31 days
0scored 0 to 2last 3 months
67waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Birchanger (1). The middle Uttlesford area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Great Dunmow (89%) and Saffron Walden (88%).

Every area, ranked

1BirchangerCM2311–01
2Saffron WaldenCB1001688%022
3Great DunmowCM60989%08
4Hatfield HeathCM220425%02
5Stansted MountfitchetCM240367%04
6BentfieldCM2402–04
7FelstedCM602–00
8DebdenCB1101–01
9ElsenhamCM2201–00
10Great ChesterfordCB1001–00
11Great EastonCM601–00
12Little EastonCM601–00
13AshdonCB1000–01
14ClaveringCB1100–01
15Flitch GreenCM600–01
16Hatfield Broad OakCM2200–01
17HenhamCM2200–01
18Little CanfieldCM600–01
19LittleburyCB1100–01
20ManudenCM2300–01
21NewportCB1100–01
22StebbingCM600–01
23TakeleyCM2200–08
24ThaxtedCM600–02
25White RodingCM600–01

“Last month” and “3 months” count the hygiene scores published within each area’s circle. “Scored 5” is the share of the last three months’ scores that were a 5; it needs at least three. “Waiting” is food places registered but not yet inspected. Areas overlap, so one place can count in more than one. Tap a column to sort.

Scored 0 to 2 in the last three months

No food place in Uttlesford was given 2 or below in the last three months.

Top marks this month

1 place scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

No newly registered food places have appeared in the last month.

67 food places across Uttlesford are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Saffron Walden (22), Great Dunmow (8), Takeley (8), Bentfield (4) and Stansted Mountfitchet (4). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés1573%0
Pubs, bars and clubs863%0
Takeaways and sandwich shops7100%0
Schools and colleges667%0
Shops3100%0
Food makers and packers2–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0
Mobile caterers1–0
Care homes and nurseries1–0

Uttlesford, last three months. The share scoring 5 needs at least three scores.

How food hygiene ratings work

Every place that serves, sells or makes food is inspected by its council’s food safety officers, and the Food Standards Agency publishes the score. Officers look at how food is handled and stored, the state of the building and its cleaning, and how the business manages food safety. The score runs from 0 to 5:

  • 5: very good
  • 4: good
  • 3: generally satisfactory
  • 2: improvement necessary
  • 1: major improvement necessary
  • 0: urgent improvement necessary

How often a place is inspected depends on the risk, so a busy kitchen is visited more often than a shop selling packaged food. New businesses wait for a first visit before they get a score.

Where the figures come from

Scores come from the Food Standards Agency’s food hygiene rating data, published under the Open Government Licence, for every council we cover. Figures for Uttlesford as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Uttlesford. Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. A score appears here when the agency publishes it, which can be a few weeks after the inspection.

See our sources and their licences. Figures update every night.

Food hygiene in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Uttlesford had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Birchanger (1). The middle Uttlesford area had 0.

How many Uttlesford food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 44 food places in Uttlesford given a score in the last three months, 35 (80%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

Have any Uttlesford food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?

No food place in Uttlesford was given a score of 2 or below in the last three months.

What do food hygiene ratings mean?

Food Standards Agency scores run from 0 to 5: 5 is very good, 4 good, 3 generally satisfactory, 2 improvement necessary, 1 major improvement necessary and 0 urgent improvement necessary. Council officers give the score after an inspection of hygiene, the building and how food safety is managed.