Posted by: Neil Willis | Monday, January 09, 2017
Over the last week, I started to notice Scores on Doors on Cafés, Restaurants and even at my local Dominos Pizza.
It's comforting to know, when you choose a place to eat at, its meet the stringent health requirements of NSW hygiene and food safety.
Scores on Doors is the NSW hygiene and food safety scoring program displaying the results of regular inspections of food premises.
When you see the Scores on Doors Sticker on the front window, you know how well these local restaurants, takeaway shops, bakeries, pub bistros and cafés are complying with NSW hygiene and food safety requirements.
Let’s face it if we had the choice of eating food prepared in spotless clean Kitchen or our kid's messy bedrooms.
We would take clean kitchen every time & this why the Scores On Doors have taken off.
The Scores on Doors program promotes competition and encourages businesses to strive for the highest hygiene score through good hygiene and food safety practices.
This also helps reduce food safety risks and illness from food, so we can enjoy our meal with greater confidence.
Scores show the result of the last hygiene and food safety inspection at our local restaurants, takeaway shops & cafés.
So the Council Health inspectors check on the following:Authorised enforcement officers carry out the inspections in participating local council areas and food businesses display the rating certificate so you as customers can see and trust their standards.
Scores on Doors ratings give you an idea of what’s going on in the kitchen and out back.
For those businesses which have made an effort to join Scores on Doors Congratulations. Thank you for having the Courage & Pride to show us you keep a clean & safe kitchen.
For those who have not got around to looking at the Scores On Doors Program.Because...
You can check to see if your Councils has implemeneted Scores on Doors
So you might be asking what type of businesses can join Score On Doors.
Retail food businesses in participating council areas can be awarded a certificate and sticker to display after their hygiene and food safety inspection by the local council.
These NSW food service businesses usually process and sell food that is ready-to-eat, intended for immediate consumption and potentially hazardous. So this means it may require special handling to be safe, such as temperature control.
The Score On Doors is taking off, don't get caught out as a Businesses not participating in the Scores on Doors program.
Because you don't have the certificate.
If Scores On Doors Was only just Sticker on your door, then sure you may be able to sneak by without people noticing if you have a Good, Very Good & Excellent Rating.
Fortunately, it's much more than that.
As consumers, we much savvier. If we want to find & review or check out a restaurant's reputation, we just Google it on our phones.
We can go to//www.scoresonthedoors.com.au/
They have ratings for 167 premises in Manly which have an Excellent, Very Good & Good Rating.
In Some council areas, they also have name & shame List.
So if your Café, Restaurant does not show up in this list because you have not joined the Scores On Doors Program, then you get lumped with the unrated.
That’s not a list you want to be on.
Just to make sure these ratings get found easily. They also have developed an app for Android & iPhone.
So it's getting harder to hide because Scores on Doors gives greater visibility and transparency of compliance by food businesses.
Councils regularly assess commercial food businesses for their compliance with food safety standards.
It's a legal obligation for both Councils and food businesses helping to protect our family's health.
Scores on Doors schemes use the results of these regular food hygiene inspections to provide a rating for each food business.
In NSW the state's Food Authority promotes a scheme using three possible Star ratings for compliant businesses.
Each business is given a rating following a routine inspection by a Council Environmental Health Surveyor.
Each of these three elements is essential to ensure that hygiene and food safety standards meet the requirements and the food served or sold to you is safe to eat.
The score is for the conditions found at the time of the last routine inspection. The rating is not for the quality of food or the standard of service the business provides.
Businesses not participating in the Scores on Doors program also have no certificate.
It just makes sense for your business to join Scores on Doors.
Check out Scores on Doors is the NSW hygiene and food safety scoring program
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