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Rank #4,847Updated November 10, 2026

food.gov.uk

Food Standards Agency - GOV.UK

The site runs on Ruby on Rails, Varnish, Fastly and 4 other technologies. Its email security grade is A. Its SSL certificate is issued by GlobalSign nv-sa and is valid for 61 more days.

Domain age
—
Technologies
7
Email security
A
SSL days left
61

DNS records

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A151.101.66.3060
A151.101.194.3060
A151.101.130.3060
A151.101.2.3060
MXfood-gov-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com 5300
NSburt.ns.cloudflare.com86400
NSlia.ns.cloudflare.com86400
CAAissue 0 amazon.com300
CAAissue 0 comodoca.com300
CAAissue 0 digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes300
CAAissue 0 globalsign.com300
CAAissue 0 letsencrypt.org300
CAAissue 0 pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes300
CAAissue 0 ssl.com300
CAAissuewild 0 amazon.com300
CAAissuewild 0 comodoca.com300
CAAissuewild 0 digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes300
CAAissuewild 0 letsencrypt.org300
CAAissuewild 0 pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes300
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TXTMS=ms21187986300
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TXT_rui0gdqekdzdkgwpgbwskan080kks64300
TXT_s2ud6ph1nj579ato27zdxe5x76ck6oi300
TXTapple-domain-verification=CklBqaOUfkTsp5i5300
TXTgoogle-site-verification=kvLT_qno2_NFP0KVH8v9p1J8E524QeBw08A2cdd5DdI300
TXTms-domain-verification=886cd2bb-393c-4ec4-96d9-339a7fbc8a17300
AAAA2a04:4e42:600::54260
AAAA2a04:4e42::54260
AAAA2a04:4e42:400::54260
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Technology stack

Cache
Varnish
CDN
Fastly
Programming language
Ruby
Security
Content Security PolicyHSTS
Web framework
Ruby on Rails
Web server
Nginx

SSL certificate

ValidValid
IssuerBE, GlobalSign Atlas R3 OV TLS CA 2026 Q2, GlobalSign nv-sa
ExpiresJanuary 10, 2027
Days remaining61
ProtocolTLSv1.3
Namesfood.gov.uk, acaf.food.gov.uk, acmsf.food.gov.uk, acnfp.food.gov.uk, acss.food.gov.uk, aka.acaf.food.gov.uk, aka.acmsf.food.gov.uk, aka.acnfp.food.gov.uk, aka.acss.food.gov.uk, aka.cot.food.gov.uk, aka.food.gov.uk, aka.sac.food.gov.uk

Email security

AScore 98/100 across SPF, DMARC, DKIM, MTA-STS and BIMI.
  • warnSPF uses 8 of the 10 allowed DNS lookups. Adding another service may break it.
  • warnNo BIMI record (optional: shows your logo next to your emails in supporting inboxes).
  • goodSPF record found.
  • goodSPF ends with -all: servers you have not listed are rejected (hard fail).
  • goodDMARC policy is reject: mail that fails authentication is blocked.
  • goodDMARC aggregate reports are sent to mailto:[email protected], mailto:[email protected].
  • goodDKIM keys found (selector: selector1, selector2, default, s1, s2).
  • good1 MX record(s) found. Mail is handled by Microsoft 365.
  • goodMTA-STS is enforced: other servers must use verified TLS when sending you mail.
  • goodTLS-RPT is set up: you receive reports about failed encrypted deliveries.

Homepage metadata

TitleFood Standards Agency - GOV.UK
DescriptionWe are responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also responsible for labelling policy in Wales and Northern Ireland, and for nutrition policy in Northern Ireland. FSA is a non-ministerial department, supported by 6 agencies and public bodies .
Languageen
Canonicalhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/food-standards-agency
Structured dataGovernmentOrganization, BreadcrumbList
IndexableNo (noindex)
Word count1492

About food.gov.uk

What technology does food.gov.uk use?

We detected 7 technologies on food.gov.uk, including Varnish, Fastly, Ruby, Content Security Policy, HSTS, Ruby on Rails.

Does food.gov.uk protect its email with SPF and DMARC?

food.gov.uk scores 98/100 (grade A) for email security. SPF uses 8 of the 10 allowed DNS lookups. Adding another service may break it. No BIMI record (optional: shows your logo next to your emails in supporting inboxes).

What are the name servers of food.gov.uk?

food.gov.uk uses burt.ns.cloudflare.com, lia.ns.cloudflare.com.