The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Welwyn Hatfield
East Counties · 774 registered food establishments · 78.2% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
4 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 11 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 152 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Welwyn Hatfield interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 28 improved 13 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
69 days median · 99 days average
across 227 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 152 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 Welwyn Hatfield
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 | Mals Mobile | → | |
| 2026-10-23 | benerry | → |
Latest changes in Welwyn Hatfield
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Pauls Pizza | |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Mount Sion City Food Services | |
| 2026-10-24 | Takeover | ASAP Takeaway | AL7 1DD |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Nifemi's Cakes | |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Eliqova | |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Rose Cat Rescue | |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Dolce | AL7 1PG |
| 2026-10-24 | Closed | Holy Cow Coffee Co. | AL9 5NU |
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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