Scores on the Doors - the scoring process
North Devon Council undertakes risk ratings of all food businesses following a primary inspection and the main categories used to determine the overall score are as follows:
North Devon Council undertakes risk ratings of all food businesses following a primary inspection and the main categories used to determine the overall score are as follows:
- type of food and method of handling
- method of processing
- consumers at risk
- level of current compliance with food hygiene and safety procedures
- level of current compliance with structure of premises
- confidence in management and control systems
- risk of contamination of food
The overall score is then used to determine the frequency of inspection for the business in line with the code of practice.
Only the risk ratings marked with an asterisk in the risk scoring table
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to hygiene, structure and confidence in management will be added together to give the star rating -
these are directly controllable by the food business operator.'How to get five stars'
