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Digital SFBB for restaurants in Cardiff
Digital SFBB for restaurants in Cardiff is the FSA pack for England and Wales, inspected by Shared Regulatory Services — not a standalone Cardiff food office. SRS covers Bridgend, Cardiff, and the Vale of Glamorgan. 3,492 Cardiff food businesses were on the FSA register on 16 September 2026. In Wales you must display the 0–5 rating. That is not the English voluntary sticker.
Last reviewed: . Written by Oriel Technology Ltd, Milton Keynes. Shared Regulatory Services inspects food businesses in Cardiff — we do not.
What food safety software means for restaurants in Cardiff
Digital SFBB for restaurants in Cardiff is the FSA pack for England and Wales, inspected by Shared Regulatory Services — not a standalone Cardiff food office. SRS covers Bridgend, Cardiff, and the Vale of Glamorgan. 3,492 Cardiff food businesses were on the FSA register on 16 September 2026. In Wales you must display the 0–5 rating. That is not the English voluntary sticker.
3,492 food businesses on the FSA Cardiff register (16 September 2026). Source: FSA Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data. That count is every premises on the register — restaurants, takeaways, pubs, shops — not restaurants only.
Who inspects food businesses in Cardiff
Shared Regulatory Services (Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan) — Food hygiene and standards is the food authority. Officers are local. The pack is national. Search current ratings on the FSA Cardiff list. Official guidance: Food Hygiene & Standards. Email listed on the ratings page: FoodSafetyCardiff-SRSWales@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk.
Food hygiene for Cardiff is administered by Shared Regulatory Services (srs.wales). The FSA Cardiff ratings page lists FoodSafetyCardiff-SRSWales@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk. Wales uses FHRS 0–5 like England, but display of the rating is required under Welsh food hygiene rating law. Do not copy an English “sticker is optional” line onto a Cardiff door. We do not claim SRS endorsement.
Wales requires food businesses to display their Food Hygiene Rating. That is not the English “sticker is optional” line. Keep the rating in the window and the diary unlockable in the kitchen.
What kitchens in Cardiff actually look like
Independent kitchens in Pontcanna and Canton, city-centre chains, Cardiff Bay tourist restaurants, and student food around Cathays sit under SRS. A group with a site in Cardiff and another in the Vale still has one shared inspectorate, but two FHRS authority records. Match days at the Principality Stadium fill the Hayes; that is a Cardiff cover spike, not a reason to catch up the diary on Sunday.
Neighbourhoods this page is written against: Pontcanna, Canton, Cathays, Cardiff Bay, the Hayes.
Why the paper pack fails on this city’s pattern
Welsh-language menu boards and bilingual allergen questions do not change the diary duty. Opening checks still belong before service. The gap in Cardiff independents is the same habit as England — filling the pack at close — with a Welsh-specific overlay: the rating in the window is mandatory, and “management of food safety” is one of the three scores behind it.
Paper is legal. It collapses when the pack is filled in late, left off site, or cannot be read. That habit is national. The trigger in Cardiff is local — the service pattern above, not a city-name swap.
What the officer still asks to see
Format is not the test. Records still have to be complete, dated, and accessible. For Safer Food, Better Business that usually means:
- Opening and closing checks
- Fridge, freezer, cooking, and hot-holding temperatures
- Delivery acceptance
- The 4-weekly review and the safe methods, not only the diary pages
FSA lists an electronic diary as an option in England and Wales. Safer food, better business (SFBB), GOV.UK, 5 June 2025.
Read will an EHO accept digital food safety records for the hand-over. We do not claim regulator endorsement.
Paper pack vs digital records in Cardiff
| Paper SFBB pack | Digital records during the shift | |
|---|---|---|
| Who inspects | Shared Regulatory Services — same officer either way | |
| Rating scheme | Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (0–5) | |
| Legal? | Yes, if complete, dated, on site | Yes, if complete, dated, on site |
| Where it fails here | The local service pattern above | A dead tablet is the same as a pack in the office |
| Name on the line | Easy to tick later | Timestamp and who did it |
How System Hub maps to the SFBB pack
Food Safety is the same SFBB tasks on a phone during the shift — opening checks, temps, deliveries, manager sign-off, and the 4-weekly review. Not a generic checklist. 14-day trial, no card, then £5/week per location via Stripe. Cancel anytime.
Other UK city pages
Each page names a different food authority and a different kitchen pattern. If two pages would read the same after you swap the city, we do not publish the second one.