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Food Hygiene Rating Scheme - Right to reply

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1. Notes for businesses:
  
  As the food business operator of the establishment you have a ‘right to reply’ in respect of the food hygiene rating given following your inspection.
  
  The purpose is to enable you to give an explanation of subsequent actions that have been taken to make the required improvements as detailed in the inspection letter, or to explain mitigation for the circumstances at the time of the inspection. It is not for making complaints or for criticising the scheme or Food Safety Officer.
  
  Your comments will be reviewed by the food safety officer and may be edited for clarity or to remove offensive or defamatory remarks before being published online and displayed together with your food hygiene rating at food.gov.uk/ratings. Where we change the wording for clarity, we will send you a copy to ensure that it accurately reflects your comments.
  
  There will be a statement at food.gov.uk/ratings that will highlight that the accuracy of your comments has not been verified by local authority officers. You can send a right to reply form to us at any time, and we will upload it onto the web site unless it is sent in after we have completed the next routine inspection and a new rating then applies.