01 Rating
Food hygiene inspection result
- Scheme
- FHRS
- Rating or inspection result
- 2
- Rating date
- 14 May 2026
- New rating pending
- Yes
Component scores are FHRS intervention scores: lower is better. They are not the same scale as the overall 0–5 rating and may be absent after a rescore.
This rating describes hygiene standards found on the inspection date, not food quality. Ratings can change after later local-authority inspections. Verify the current official record before relying on it.
02 Establishment
Business and location
- Business type
- Pub/bar/nightclub
- Country
- England
- Address supplied in FSA data
- The Bird In Hand Inn, Queen Square, North Curry, Taunton, TA3 6LT
- Postcode
- TA3 6LT
- Local authority
- Somerset →
- Region
- South West
- Coordinates
- 51.0224690, -2.9714730
03 Map preview
Location on the map
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04 Right to reply
Statement supplied with the official record
<p> Following our inspection on 14 October 2026, we received a disappointing rating of 1. Whilst we believe we have a stringent food safety management system in place, we recognise that, at the time, some of our procedures, documentation and records did not meet the specific requirements of the Food Safety Officer &mdash; particularly our &#39;speciality&#39; menu products, new equipment and documentation. These issues were immediately rectified We have since undertaken refresher training with our kitchen and food handling staff in all aspects of food safety. We have also reviewed our food safety management and recording procedures. Furthermore, we have commissioned an independent auditor to verify our improvements. We pride ourselves in the high quality and variety of our food and drinks offerings along with our equally high level of hospitality service to our customers and look forward to our requested re-rating inspection in due course.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Date: 26th October 2026&nbsp;</p>
This text is supplied through the official food hygiene dataset and is not written or verified by BritDB.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
Contains Food Standards Agency food hygiene rating data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. BritDB is independent of the Food Standards Agency and local authorities.