Hospitality & Leisure

If you run a business in the hospitality sector, you’ll know that food hygiene regulations are very stringent. A lapse in food quality or contamination can cost your business dearly in terms of lost reputation or you might even be forced to close. Not to mention the hazard it poses to public health.

A pest problem is one of the main reasons why the food you produce or sell might become contaminated, therefore controlling pests is crucial to your business operations.

Food Hygiene Ratings

Food hygiene ratings are run by local authorities in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Restaurants, pubs, cafés, takeaways, hotels, supermarkets, and other food outlets are all given a rating from a food safety officer who looks at:

  • How food is prepared, cooked, reheated, cooled and stored
  • The condition of the premises in which food is produced, prepared, and stored
  • What the business does to make sure the food it produces or sells is safe
  • The business is then given a rating from 0-5, with 5 being the best possible rating.

What happens if you’re given a low hygiene rating?

Businesses that are rated 0 or 1 need to urgently improve their hygiene standards. Food safety officers give guidance on what improvements should be made and how quickly they must be made. If there’s a high risk to public health, however, they can close a business down immediately.

Even if this doesn’t happen, food hygiene ratings can be seen by the public, so if your business is given a low rating, you’ll lose customers and your reputation will be damaged.

How we can help

As part of our inclusive contracts, we offer a range of tailored solutions to help keep your premises pest-free and operating as normal. As well as eliminating pests, we can provide advice on how to proof your premises against pests.

Every pest control method we use is approved for use in food production and storage areas, where some traditional poisons are prohibited.

Contego will help you take control today. For excellent service at an affordable price, look no further than one of the leading pest control firms in the UK.

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