Smiths News

Team Valley

Food hygiene rating Exempt

Exempt from rating

Smiths News in Team Valley is exempt from needing to be hygiene rated.

What does this rating mean?

Smiths News in Team Valley is exempt from needing a hygiene rating. This happens when a business has been checked by a food safety officer and met the pass criteria, but does not fit the rating scheme itself.

Usually these businesses are low risk, and often they are not really a “food business” at all - think newsagents, chemists or visitor centres that happen to sell the odd biscuit.

Where is it?

Former Ingersoll Dresser Pumps,
Queensway,
Team Valley,
Gateshead,
NE11 0QB

This is the official Food Standards Agency hygiene badge for Smiths News. The data is published by the FSA under the Open Government Licence.

Who inspects Smiths News?

Food hygiene at Smiths News is inspected by Gateshead, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.gateshead.gov.uk or [email protected].

Questions about Smiths News

What is Smiths News’s food hygiene rating?

Smiths News in Team Valley is exempt from needing to be hygiene rated.

What do the food hygiene scores mean?

The rating combines three checks made on the day of the inspection: how hygienically food is handled, the cleanliness and condition of the premises, and how confident the inspector is that management will keep standards up. A higher overall score, from 0 up to 5, means fewer problems were found.