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Food outlets in Scotland are subject to the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS)<\/a>. Under the scheme, local authorities carry out an inspection of relevant businesses, and provide them with a rating of Pass<\/strong> or Improvement Required<\/strong>. The outlets could alternatively be Awaiting Inspection<\/strong>, Awaiting Publication<\/strong> or they could be Exempt<\/strong> from the rating scheme.<\/p>\n Businesses are asked to display their classification clearly at the front of their premises. <\/p>\n In this study, the information that is held by the Food Standards Agency<\/a> regarding FHIS ratings has been used to discover the best and worst local authorities in Scotland, for food hygiene in restaurants and cafes, pubs, and takeaways. <\/p>\n Premises that are classified as Awaiting Inspection, Awaiting Publication or Exempt, have been removed from the analysis in order to discover the percentage of businesses with a Pass or Improvement Required rating.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Out of the 32 local authority areas, City of Edinburgh<\/strong> has the highest proportion of restaurants and cafes with the Improvement Required rating. Of the 1259 restaurants and cafes in the area, more than a quarter require improvement, at 26.5%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Other areas with a high percentage of poorly rated restaurants include Moray<\/strong> (23.7%<\/strong> of 135 applicable businesses), Shetland Islands<\/strong> (22.8%<\/strong> of 57 applicable businesses), Midlothian<\/strong> (18.3%<\/strong> of 131 applicable businesses), and Highland<\/strong> with 18%<\/strong> of their 323 applicable businesses requiring improvement.<\/p>\n The areas that fared best in their most recent inspections are South Ayrshire<\/strong> and Orkney Islands<\/strong>, both of which have an amazing 100%<\/strong> pass rate for their 350 and 93 applicable establishments (respectively).<\/p>\n Other areas with a high percentage of restaurants that have passed the inspection include East Ayrshire<\/strong> (97.6%<\/strong> of 328 applicable outlets), Perth and Kinross<\/strong> (97.3%<\/strong> of 262 applicable outlets), and Fife<\/strong> (96.3%<\/strong> of 599 applicable outlets).<\/p>\n Highland<\/strong> is the council area with the worst pub ratings. A total of 28.1%<\/strong> of its 32 applicable pubs received the Improvement Required rating at their latest inspection.<\/p>\n Other areas with a high percentage include Moray<\/strong> (26.4%<\/strong> of its 72 relevant pubs), City of Edinburgh<\/strong> (20%<\/strong> of its 539 pubs), Aberdeen City<\/strong> (15.6%<\/strong> of its 199 pubs) and Dundee City<\/strong> (15.6%<\/strong> of its 199 relevant pubs).<\/p>\n West Lothian<\/strong> was one of four local authorities with a 100%<\/strong> pass rate. A total of 84 applicable pubs in the area passed their latest inspections. The other areas were Shetland Islands<\/strong>, the Orkney Islands<\/strong>, and East Renfrewshire<\/strong>. Of an overall total of 27 pubs in the Shetland Islands, 77.78% are Exempt, and 11% Awaiting Inspection, which means that the pass rate only applies to the 3 remaining pubs. In the Orkney Islands, all 11 pubs received the 100% pass rate and in East Renfrewshire, all 12 of its pubs got full marks. <\/p>\n The local authority with the highest percentage of takeaways requiring improvement is Midlothian<\/strong>, with a very high 42.9%<\/strong> of its 56 takeaways needing attention.<\/p>\n There were six other areas with over a third of their rated takeaways requiring improvement, including Shetland Islands<\/strong> (41.7%<\/strong> of 12 takeaways); Highland<\/strong> (39.7%<\/strong> of 63 takeaways); Aberdeen City<\/strong> (38.7%<\/strong> of 194 takeaways); City of Edinburgh<\/strong> (38%<\/strong> of 676 takeaways; Scottish Borders<\/strong> (37.9%<\/strong> of 87 takeaways); and South Lanarkshire<\/strong> (35%<\/strong> of 60 relevant takeaways).<\/p>\n On the positive side, 100%<\/strong> of the 103 rated takeaways in South Ayrshire<\/strong> received a pass at their last inspection, and Orkney Islands<\/strong> also have a 100%<\/strong> pass rate, although there are only 7 takeaways in this area. <\/p>\n Other local authorities that fared well in this category were Perth and Kinross<\/strong> (97.7%<\/strong> of 87 relevant takeaways); Renfrewshire<\/strong> (96%<\/strong> of 173 relevant takeaways) and Dumfries and Galloway<\/strong> (94.5%<\/strong> of 91 takeaway businesses).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Below is the raw data that was used to conduct the analysis, taken from the Food Standards Agency website<\/a> on 19th December 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\nKey Findings<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nScotland Restaurants and Cafes<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nScotland Pubs<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nScotland Takeaways<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nRestaurants and Cafes in Scotland<\/h1>\n