This rating is given only to premises who serve people who are more likely to suffer from food poisoning if they consume contaminated food. Please note that this element of the risk rating does not give an indication of how compliant a food premises is with food hygiene legislation and best practice.

An additional score of 22 (in addition to the Consumers at risk score) should be included for premises such as hospitals, nursing homes, day-care centres and child nurseries, where production and/or service of high-risk foods takes place, and where more than 20 persons in a vulnerable group are at risk. In this context, vulnerable groups are those that include people who are under 5 or over 65 years of age, people who are sick, and people who are immunocompromised.

Guidance on the Scoring System: