Environmental Health
Food safety and food hygiene
All businesses that prepare, sell or transport food have to ensure that the food they handle is safe to eat, of an acceptable quality and is properly labelled. They must also protect the public and their staff from any potential health and safety hazards.
Food hygiene ratings
We inspect food businesses and give them a 0-5 rating. Search ratings, reply or appeal a rating or request a revisit. > Food hygiene ratings
Report a business
Tell us if you believe that a restaurant, shop, or other business is supplying unsafe food or is not following food hygiene standards. > Report a business
Register a food business
Every business in Hackney that prepares, sells, stores or transports food must register with us. Find out how to register. > Register a food business
Food inspections and enforcement
What to expect when your business is visited by one of our officers and how we enforce the standards. > Food inspections and enforcement
Food safety advice for businesses
Guidance to help businesses comply with legislation and protect public health. > Food safety advice for businesses
Pest control
Hackney Council offers a cost effective, efficient pest control service to residents and businesses in the borough, with treatments starting at just £73.21. > Pest control
Derelict properties and vacant land
We make sure empty commercial properties or vacant land are kept secure and are kept free from rubbish and rodents.
If there are potential public health problems we will consider taking formal steps to ensure the problem is cleared up and does not happen again. We will consider compulsory purchase of long-term derelict or vacant properties.
Page updated: 29 May 2013
