A woman who designed the hygiene rating stickers for the Food Standards Agency 16 years ago has revealed the 'hidden' details she included that you may not have spotted

We've all seen them - hygiene rating stickers found in the windows of restaurants, takeaways, and other small businesses where food is prepared on the premises. These small green signs indicate a rating out of five awarded by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) following inspections by food safety officers .

From zero, meaning urgent improvement is needed, to five, rating a business as 'very good', these ratings are often key in helping consumers decide where to eat . The design of these stickers, meanwhile, was the brainchild of then-25-year old Shahnaz Ahmed, who took to TikTok recently to reveal the "tiny design deci

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