The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in East Lothian

Scotland · 879 registered food establishments · 96.1% pass (FHIS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

7 businesses lost their Pass rating this year → 9 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 12 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

67Opened (12m)
80Closed (12m)
0Relisted (12m)
9Takeover (12m)
35Rating changes (12m)
63Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 17 improved 11 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

Pass and Eat Safe 1
Awaiting inspection 7
Pass 822
Improvement Required 33
Exempt 16

Time to first published rating

25 days median · 62 days average
across 53 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 12 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).

Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.

Latest published ratings in East Lothian

New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-21 Von's Kitchen Improvement Required → PassEH42 1RF
2026-10-15 Von's Kitchen Pass → Improvement RequiredEH42 1RF

Latest changes in East Lothian

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-23Closed A Little Catering At Dunbar Golf ClubEH42 1LL
2026-10-21Closed CS Catering ·& Funfare, Coffee And Donut Trailer
2026-10-21Closed Typhoon Ten
2026-10-21Closed Starfish Recovery CafeEH21 6AA
2026-10-21Closed Salvation ArmyEH33 1AE
2026-10-21Opened Hallhill Healthy Living CentreEH42 1RF
2026-10-08Opened Bloomin' Good Coffee
2026-10-08Takeover Bonnie ItaliaEH42 1ES

Contact the council

Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.

These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.

If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.

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