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MCP Food Hygiene Tool

Find a food establishment by FSA ID or search by name, authority, postcode, business type, rating, and pending-rating status across the UK rating schemes. Data is sourced from the Food Standards Agency and reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Each tool call costs 10 credits. The tool is read-only and idempotent.

Tool Description Parameters
lookup_food_hygiene Search UK Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings by business name, postcode, local authority, rating, or business type. Supports numeric FHRS ratings and Scotland's textual FHIS results. name string
postcode string
authority string
rating string
business_type string

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Data Coverage

Source: Food Standards Agency open data.

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.

Coverage: Local-authority feeds for England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, refreshed daily; each authority controls when ratings are submitted or changed.

Caveats: Rating values remain strings because FHRS and Scotland's FHIS use different schemes.