Compliance obligation
Typically legally required for a care home — typically renewing every year.
Status
Typically legally required
How often
Annual
Under
Food Safety Act 1990, EC 852/2004
Food Hygiene Rating (EHO Inspection) is one of the obligations that typically applies to a care home in the UK, under Food Safety Act 1990, EC 852/2004. It needs renewing every year, and enforcement can follow if it lapses.
The full legislation: Food Safety Act 1990, EC 852/2004.
Annual. HACCP plan legally required. Natasha's Law (allergen info) from Oct 2021.
Closure notices, unlimited fines, imprisonment
Is food hygiene rating (eho inspection) a legal requirement for a care home?
Food Hygiene Rating (EHO Inspection) typically applies to a care home under UK law, under Food Safety Act 1990, EC 852/2004.
How often does a care home need food hygiene rating (eho inspection)?
Annual. HACCP plan legally required.
What's the penalty for not having food hygiene rating (eho inspection)?
Closure notices, unlimited fines, imprisonment
Keeval tracks food hygiene rating (eho inspection) against your actual premises, watches the renewal date, and keeps the certificate inspection-ready — free, for all your sites, no card.
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Other care homes obligations
See the full guide →This page highlights the obligation, frequency and penalties that typically apply to premises like yours in England & Wales — general information to help you act on your duties, not legal advice and not a definitive statement of your position. You remain the duty-holder; take your own professional advice where you need certainty. Keeval is a trading name of Brenkon Holdings Limited (no. 16987530).