The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Merthyr Tydfil
Wales · 582 registered food establishments · 58.5% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
14 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 9 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 32 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Merthyr Tydfil interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 71 improved 45 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
41 days median · 56 days average
across 162 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 32 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 Merthyr Tydfil
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.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Plasnewydd Residential Home | → | CF48 2PR |
| 2026-10-23 | Little Inspirations @ Gellideg | → | CF48 1ND |
| 2026-10-23 | Clover Road Stores | → | CF47 9DH |
| 2026-10-18 | Thomas Franks | → | CF48 1DH |
| 2026-10-18 | Little Lambs - Pentrebach | → | CF48 4DR |
| 2026-10-18 | Belle Vue | → | CF47 8AU |
Latest changes in Merthyr Tydfil
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | Opened | Top Notch Indian Takeaway | CF47 0AY |
| 2026-10-18 | Opened | The Butchers Arms | CF48 2UE |
| 2026-10-18 | Opened | Poundstretcher | CF47 8DF |
| 2026-10-18 | Opened | New York Grill | CF48 1YF |
| 2026-10-18 | Closed | Vironox Supplements | |
| 2026-10-18 | Closed | The Scala Venue | CF47 0AW |
| 2026-10-06 | Closed | Bee real honey original | |
| 2026-10-06 | Closed | Mogsy Belle Ice Cream | CF47 8BZ |
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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