The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Middlesbrough

North East · 1,166 registered food establishments · 85.1% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

17 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 45 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 328 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

176Opened (12m)
245Closed (12m)
16Relisted (12m)
45Takeover (12m)
305Rating changes (12m)
29Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 74 improved 41 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 865
4 72
3 41
2 21
1 13
0 5
Awaiting inspection 103
Exempt 46

Time to first published rating

143 days median · 186 days average
across 389 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 328 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 Middlesbrough

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
2026-10-23 Meat Smart 5 → 1TS3 0NA
2026-10-21 TAD Centre Day Nursery 5 → 3TS3 7SF
2026-10-20 Mint Leaf @ Sirkars 1 → 3TS4 2HF
2026-10-17 Hamza’s Awaiting inspection → 5TS5 6JN
2026-10-17 Lucky Dragon Takeaway 3 → 5TS5 6AB
2026-10-13 Park Lane Garage & Convenience Store 5 → 1TS1 3LL

Latest changes in Middlesbrough

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-24Opened BloomTS1 1PQ
2026-10-24Opened Coco Bakes
2026-10-24Opened Olu Foods
2026-10-24Closed Megs Cafe
2026-10-24Closed Boro Bread
2026-10-17Opened Tees Valley Community Care TrustTS1 2AG
2026-10-17Takeover Lift North OrmesbyTS3 6LB
2026-10-17Opened Longlands Vape ShopTS4 2JS

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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