Cafodd Deddf Sgorio Hylendid Bwyd (Cymru) 2013 Gydsyniad Brenhinol ar 4 Mawrth 2013. Bellach mae gan Weinidogion Cymru yr awdurdod i’w gwneud yn ofynnol i fusnesau bwyd gael ei sgorio ar eu safonau hylendid bwyd ac i arddangos y sgôr hwnnw mewn man amlwg lle gall y cwsmeriaid ei weld yn hawdd, megis wrth y fynedfa i’w busnes. Bydd hyn yn helpu i sicrhau bod y cwsmeriaid yn cael gwybodaeth sy’n hawdd ei deall am safonau hylendid busnes bwyd cyn penderfynu prynu’r bwyd. Mae hyn yn hanfodol bwysig gan y bydd yn rhoi pŵer i’r cwsmeriaid wneud dewisiadau gwell ynghylch ble i fwyta neu siopa am fwyd. Rwyf hefyd o’r farn y bydd rhoi’r pŵer hwn i’r cwsmer yn gwella safonau hylendid bwyd busnesau bwyd unigol ledled Cymru. Rwyf wedi ymrwymo i wneud y ddeddfwriaeth hon mor gynhwysfawr â phosibl i’r cwsmeriaid ond hefyd yn ymarferol i fusnesau bwyd a’r awdurdodau bwyd fydd yn ei gorfodi.
The Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013 received Royal Assent on 4 March 2013. The Welsh Ministers now have the power to require food businesses to be rated on their food hygiene standards and to display this rating where it can be easily seen by customers, such as at the entrance to their premises. This will help to ensure customers have easy to understand information on the hygiene standards of a food business before they decide to buy food. This is vitally important as it will provide consumers with the power to make better choices about where to eat or shop for food. I also consider this customer power will drive up the food hygiene standards of individual food businesses across Wales. I am committed to making this legislation as comprehensive as it can be for consumers yet workable both for food businesses and the food authorities who will be enforcing it.