The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Torridge

South West · 772 registered food establishments · 85.2% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

22 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 8 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 115 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

86Opened (12m)
82Closed (12m)
3Relisted (12m)
8Takeover (12m)
153Rating changes (12m)
3Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 40 improved 36 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 586
4 63
3 20
2 8
1 11
Awaiting inspection 19
Exempt 65

Time to first published rating

62 days median · 90 days average
across 249 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 115 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 Torridge

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 Gurkha Bideford 5 → 3EX39 2JD
2026-10-16 Nash Family Fruit \& Veg 1 → 4EX39 2JT
2026-10-13 Bucks Cross Post Office And Stores 5 → 1EX39 5DP

Latest changes in Torridge

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-13Opened Made With Love
2026-10-13Opened Brownies \& Buns
2026-10-13Closed Dirty Bite
2026-10-06Opened Ranch And RoostEX39 1LQ
2026-10-06Opened The Robins NestEX39 2NG
2026-10-06Opened Levantine
2026-10-06Closed RHS Garden RosemoorEX38 8PH

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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