Country overview

Food Hygiene Ratings in Scotland

Scotland uses the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS), which records a result of Pass or Improvement Required rather than a 0–5 score. Across 32 local authorities we list 58,602 food businesses, of which 42,917 (93%) achieved a Pass.

58,602food businesses listed

42,917rated Pass (FHIS)

3,440Improvement Required

32local authorities

How food hygiene ratings work in Scotland

In Scotland, food businesses are inspected under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS), run by the Food Standards Agency with Scottish local authorities. The result is a Pass (the business meets the legal requirements) or Improvement Required (one or more issues were found that must be addressed). Unlike the rest of the UK, Scotland does not use a 0–5 numeric score, so we present Pass / Improvement Required figures here rather than a star distribution.

Rating distribution across Scotland

42,917 Pass / 3,440 Improvement Required (FHIS)

Pass42,917

Improvement Required3,440

Local authorities in Scotland

Local authority	Businesses	Pass
Glasgow City	6,542	3,958
Highland	5,983	2,575
Edinburgh (City of)	5,078	4,107
Fife	4,992	4,062
Aberdeenshire	2,772	1,973
Dumfries and Galloway	2,719	1,609
North Lanarkshire	2,606	2,417
South Lanarkshire	2,472	1,723
Aberdeen City	2,260	1,538
Perth and Kinross	1,985	1,666
Scottish Borders	1,654	1,187
Renfrewshire	1,472	1,301
Dundee City	1,408	1,216
North Ayrshire	1,354	1,157
Argyll and Bute	1,272	703
Stirling	1,254	1,002
Falkirk	1,223	1,040
East Ayrshire	1,144	854
West Lothian	1,138	891
Moray	1,114	929
Angus	1,038	863
South Ayrshire	1,037	971
East Lothian	906	849
West Dunbartonshire	717	632
East Dunbartonshire	694	595
Midlothian	672	541
East Renfrewshire	650	586
Inverclyde	630	548
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	575	501
Clackmannanshire	503	422
Orkney Islands	463	355
Shetland Islands	275	146