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Kitchen inspection self-check
25 yes-or-no questions, about 5 minutes. Get a to-do list of anything to sort out before your next food hygiene inspection, with the posters, record sheets and training that fix each one.
Where is your kitchen?
This checks your own practices. It isn’t an inspection, and it can’t tell you what rating you would get.
Your kitchen check
Everything on this checklist is in place. Keep your records up to date and check again whenever something changes.
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{n} of {t} answered
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No
Not sure
Please answer every question. The ones still to answer are marked.
of {t} things already in place
Your to-do list ({n})
This is a checklist, not a rating. Only your council’s food safety officer can give a food hygiene rating, and this can’t predict it.
This is a checklist, not an inspection result. Scotland uses the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (Pass or Improvement Required), given only by your council’s food safety officer, and this can’t predict it.
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You answered Not sure.
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Keep your records on your phone or tablet instead: the Good Food Hygiene app.
What an inspector looks at
Food hygiene inspectors look at three things: how hygienically food is handled (preparation, cooking, reheating, cooling and storage), the condition and cleanliness of the building and equipment, and how food safety is managed, including your written system, records and training. The questions follow those three areas.
The checklist is written from Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland guidance. It helps you find gaps; it isn’t legal advice and it doesn’t replace your food safety management system.
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Why keep paper records? Go digital with GFH.
The Good Food Hygiene app keeps these same records on a phone or tablet.
- Staff tick off checks in seconds, in their own language.
- Reminders when a check is due, so nothing gets missed.
- Every record in one place, ready to show an inspector.
- Works without signal and catches up when you’re back online.