UK Food Hygiene Rating

Look up UK food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency by business name and place. Returns ratings, scores and addresses.

Pay by wallet (x402) food-safety-rating-uk

Example

Input

{
  "name": "Google"
}

Answer

{
  "location": null,
  "search_term": "Google",
  "total_results": 99,
  "establishments": [
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": 0,
        "structural": 0,
        "confidence_in_management": 0
      },
      "address": "1 St Giles High Street, WC2H 8AG",
      "fhrs_id": 708537,
      "rating_date": "2023-11-23T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Google UK Ltd",
      "business_type": "Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen",
      "local_authority": "Camden"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": 0,
        "structural": 0,
        "confidence_in_management": 0
      },
      "address": "Restaurant Associates @ Google, Ground & Lower Ground Floor, 4-5 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4BX",
      "fhrs_id": 1456337,
      "rating_date": "2022-10-20T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Restaurant Associates @ Google",
      "business_type": "Other catering premises",
      "local_authority": "Islington"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": null,
        "structural": null,
        "confidence_in_management": null
      },
      "address": "6 King's Boulevard, London, N1C 4BU",
      "fhrs_id": 1860499,
      "rating_date": "1901-01-01T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "AwaitingInspection",
      "business_name": "KGX1 – Google King’s Cross",
      "business_type": "Retailers - other",
      "local_authority": "Camden"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": 0,
        "structural": 0,
        "confidence_in_management": 0
      },
      "address": "Dove House, Greenbank Road, Eden Business Park, Penrith, CA11 9FB",
      "fhrs_id": 1606151,
      "rating_date": "2025-08-13T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Woggle Goggle",
      "business_type": "Other catering premises",
      "local_authority": "Westmorland and Furness"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": null,
        "structural": null,
        "confidence_in_management": null
      },
      "address": "CF24",
      "fhrs_id": 1913051,
      "rating_date": "1901-01-01T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "AwaitingInspection",
      "business_name": "Googie Puff",
      "business_type": "Other catering premises",
      "local_authority": "Cardiff"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": 5,
        "structural": 0,
        "confidence_in_management": 0
      },
      "address": "Centenary Road, Goole, East Riding Of Yorkshire, DN14 6AN",
      "fhrs_id": 1051419,
      "rating_date": "2025-03-26T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Goole Academy",
      "business_type": "School/college/university",
      "local_authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": 0,
        "structural": 0,
        "confidence_in_management": 5
      },
      "address": "Marcus Street, Goole, East Riding Of Yorkshire, DN14 6TN",
      "fhrs_id": 1867380,
      "rating_date": "2025-09-09T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Goole AFC",
      "business_type": "Pub/bar/nightclub",
      "local_authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": null,
        "structural": null,
        "confidence_in_management": null
      },
      "address": "123 Pasture Road, Goole, East Riding Of Yorkshire, DN14 6DP",
      "fhrs_id": 112152,
      "rating_date": "2025-05-28T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Goole Spice",
      "business_type": "Takeaway/sandwich shop",
      "local_authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": 0,
        "structural": 5,
        "confidence_in_management": 5
      },
      "address": "Paradise Place, Goole, East Riding Of Yorkshire, DN14 5DL",
      "fhrs_id": 272724,
      "rating_date": "2023-08-16T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "5",
      "business_name": "Junction Goole",
      "business_type": "Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen",
      "local_authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire"
    },
    {
      "scores": {
        "hygiene": null,
        "structural": null,
        "confidence_in_management": null
      },
      "address": "175-177 Pasture Road, Goole, East Riding Of Yorkshire, DN14 6DR",
      "fhrs_id": 836696,
      "rating_date": "2024-10-22T00:00:00",
      "rating_value": "3",
      "business_name": "Londis Goole",
      "business_type": "Retailers - other",
      "local_authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire"
    }
  ],
  "returned_count": 10,
  "rating_distribution": {
    "3": 1,
    "5": 7,
    "AwaitingInspection": 2
  }
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`name`	string	Yes	—
`location`	string	No	—
`max_results`	integer	No	—

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`total_results`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)
`establishments`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`rating_distribution`	object	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "food-safety-rating-uk",
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Google"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "food-safety-rating-uk",
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Google"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "food-safety-rating-uk",
  inputs: {
    "name": "Google"
  },
  max_price_cents: 5,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="food-safety-rating-uk",
    inputs={
        "name": "Google",
    },
    max_price_cents=5,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/food-safety-rating-uk?name=Google'

Limitations

Scottish hygiene ratings are not covered
Covers England, Wales, and Northern Ireland via FSA API — Scottish food hygiene ratings (FHIS) use a different system
What to do instead: For Scottish establishments, search the Food Standards Scotland website at foodstandards.gov.scot