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New food businesses in Mid and East Antrim.

Mid and East Antrim had 22 food premises with a published postcode awaiting a first hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract of 2026-10-09. 8 are restaurant / café and 6 are takeaway / sandwich shop. 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); Mid and East Antrim council food registration (via gov.uk/food-business-registration)

22awaiting 1st inspection, Mid and East Antrim, extract of 2026-10-09. Baseline stock, mostly backlog.
1,178premises on the council register in that extract
981with 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). Stays noindex and out of the sitemap at go-live.

Awaiting 1st inspection, by type

Mid and East Antrim, extract of 2026-10-09. First looked at by us on 18 Oct 2026.

TypePremises
Restaurant / café8
Takeaway / sandwich shop6
Hospitals / Childcare / Caring Premises3
Manufacturers / packers2
Food retailer2
Pub / bar / nightclub1

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 withheldHospitals / Childcare / Caring PremisesMid and East Antrim · BT38Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
Name withheldRestaurant / caféMid and East Antrim · BT38Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
My Daily Ballycarry Village LtdFood retailerMid and East Antrim · BT38Earlier 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 Mid and East Antrim?

22 premises with a published postcode showed as awaiting a first food hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract for Mid and East Antrim dated 2026-10-09. Premises without a published postcode are not counted here.

Are these new food businesses in Mid and East Antrim?

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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