Smiths News

Bickenhill Lane

Food hygiene rating Exempt

Exempt from rating

Smiths News in Bickenhill Lane is exempt from needing to be hygiene rated.

What does this rating mean?

Smiths News in Bickenhill Lane 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?

Unit 45,
Elmdon Trading Estate,
Bickenhill Lane,
Marston Green,
B37 7HE

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 Solihull, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at https://www.solihull.gov.uk/environment-and-animals/food-safety or [email protected].

Questions about Smiths News

What is Smiths News’s food hygiene rating?

Smiths News in Bickenhill Lane 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.