Food hygiene rating scam
We’ve become aware that people may be impersonating Environmental Health Officers and trying to obtain access to food businesses in our district.
We think this may be a scam and that they will try to inspect the premises, give a low food hygiene rating, and then request money to give a higher rating.
If you run a food business, please remember that:
- we do not make appointments (except for home caterers/premises)
- we always have our ID, introduce ourselves, and state that we are from Arun District Council and the purpose of our visit
- we do not charge for routine food hygiene inspections
- there are rarely any fees payable for what we do, but if there are, you would not be asked to pay there and then.
You can find out more about scams here.