From takeaways and pubs, to cafes and restaurants, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspects food hygiene levels to ensure the establishments are up to standard.
Inspectors rate establishments in the below areas with the FSA definitions included:
Hygienic food handling – Hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building – Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building (including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control) to enable good food hygiene
Management of food safety – System or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future
Each area is given a rating from zero to five which then factors towards the overall rating of the eatery.
Further details on the individual food hygiene reports can be found on the Food Standards Agency website.
Having already revealed the lowest rated restaurants from December, here are the five star ratings released in November for restaurants in Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham and Gosport:
13. Authentic Smoke
Rated 5: Authentic Smoke at 40 Brambles Enterprise Centre Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville; rated on November 6 | Google
14. Spudlickers
Rated 5: Spudlickers at 40 Greywell Road, Havant; rated on September 1 | Google
15. University Of Portsmouth Catering Events
Rated 5: University Of Portsmouth Catering Events at Highbury City Of Portsmouth Centre, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth; rated on November 25 | Google
16. Pitt Street Community Kitchen
Rated 5: Pitt Street Community Kitchen at 315 Commercial Road, Portsmouth; rated on November 20 | Mike Cooter Photo: Mike Cooter