Scores on the Doors certainly benefits the raising of consumer awareness but inconsistency of application does not necessarily facilitate an accurate picture of business compliance. Furthermore, newspaper headlines such as those leveled at the performance of Wolverhampton Council regarding the kebab shop owner preparing food whilst a member of staff lay dead on the sofa next to him certainly dent business confidence in EHOs and result in the call for earned autonomy which ultimately may not improve consumer confidence in food safety.

As such with these issues in mind it is clear that food hygiene policing lies at a crossroads. Consumer confidence in perceived hygiene standards in critcal to both commercial businesses and enforcing authorities and it is therefore surely the target of businesses and enforcers to put their respective responsibilities in order and achieve the common taregt of keeping food safe whilst raising consumer confidence in business and hygiene policing standards.