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Informing the public about food hygiene ratings

7Requirement to display food hygiene rating stickers

(1)When the operator of a food business establishment has received notification of its food hygiene rating, the operator must display the food hygiene rating sticker provided.

(2)This requirement does not apply until—

(a)the period of 21 days for an appeal has expired, or

(b)if an appeal has been made, the appeal has been determined and the operator has received notification of the outcome.

(3)The sticker must be displayed in the location and manner prescribed.

(4)Regulations prescribing the proper location and manner for displaying a sticker may make different provision for different types of establishment (including provision about the display of a sticker at more than one location).

(5)The sticker ceases to be valid when the establishment’s food hygiene rating ceases to be valid.

(6)If an establishment’s sticker ceases to be valid, the operator must remove it from display and destroy it (unless he or she is instructed not to destroy it by an authorised officer).