FSA Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API

FSA Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API

The UK Food Standards Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) API gives keyless access to food hygiene ratings and inspection data for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as JSON or XML, plus bulk XML. The help page says: "No sign-up process, API keys, or login details are required at this time to use the service."

Coverage

Food hygiene ratings and inspection records for restaurants, shops and other food businesses in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, versioned via an `x-api-version` request header (checked at version 2), plus bulk XML downloads. History start and update frequency: Not stated.

Verdict

Food hygiene ratings and inspection scores for restaurants, shops and other food businesses across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, via a keyless JSON/XML API and bulk XML. Licensed OGL-UK-3.0: "Use of proprietary food hygiene ratings information and services is subject to the terms of the Open Government Licence (OGL)." Caveat, verbatim: "Users are reminded that displaying or otherwise using an invalid or inaccurate rating may constitute a criminal offence and/or expose the user to potential civil liability. It is the responsibility of users to ensure that the current rating is used or to indicate the date when the information was updated." Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.