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New food businesses in Harlow.

Harlow had 18 food premises with a published postcode awaiting a first hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract of 2026-10-14. 4 are hospitals / childcare / caring premises and 4 are restaurant / café. This is a backlog snapshot, not a count of new openings, because the register gives no opening date. Source: Food Standards Agency open data.

Sources: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating open data (ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data); Harlow council food registration (via gov.uk/food-business-registration)

18awaiting 1st inspection, Harlow, extract of 2026-10-14. Baseline stock, mostly backlog.
696premises on the council register in that extract
539with a usable postcode (the rest are hidden)
?of the awaiting rows show “Name withheld” (possible sole traders)
New this week: not counted yet.We only started watching on 18 Oct 2026. A real weekly figure needs more than one snapshot. Until then every row is an EARLIER FIND and we show no weekly number.
THIN PAGE, NOINDEX: fails the indexing rule (Larder marks thin, <25 awaiting, <2 types with >=5). Stays noindex and out of the sitemap at go-live.

Awaiting 1st inspection, by type

Harlow, extract of 2026-10-14. First looked at by us on 18 Oct 2026.

TypePremises
Hospitals / Childcare / Caring Premises4
Restaurant / café4
Distributors / Transporters2
Mobile caterer2
Food retailer2
Retailers - supermarkets / hypermarkets2
Other catering premises1
Takeaway / sandwich shop1

Sample rows

Real FHRS data. Limited-company and trade-style names only, postcode district only, no street address. All EARLIER FIND: spotted on our first look, so we can't call them new.

BusinessTypeCouncil · areaOur dateOfficial
Name withheldDistributors / TransportersHarlow · CM19Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
TFS TRADING LTDMobile catererHarlow · CM18Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
Name withheldRestaurant / caféHarlow · CM20Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data as at council extracts dated 15 to 16 Oct 2026. Not endorsed by the FSA.

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Questions

How many food businesses are awaiting inspection in Harlow?

18 premises with a published postcode showed as awaiting a first food hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract for Harlow dated 2026-10-14. Premises without a published postcode are not counted here.

Are these new food businesses in Harlow?

Not necessarily. Awaiting inspection means there is no published hygiene rating yet. Some premises are new, some have waited a long time, and some changed owner. The register gives no opening or registration date.

Where does this data come from?

The Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The figures are from the council's own extract. NewFoodLeads is not endorsed by the FSA or the council.

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