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. Restaurants have the opportunity to appeal the rating and can request a re-inspections. Any restaurants that have appealed or that have requested a new inspection and are awaiting a new score according to the FSA website have not been included in this article.
Further details on the individual food hygiene reports can be found on the Food Standards Agency website.
Here are the eateries which have scored 1, 2, or 5 hygiene ratings in July:
45. The Golden Boat
Rated 2: Golden Boat at 6 Northern Buildings, Northern Road, Portsmouth; rated on June 4. Its management of food safety was rated generally satisfactory. Its hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was rated as improvement necessary. Photo: Google
46. Happy Panda
A Fareham takeaway has been handed a new one-out-of-five food hygiene rating. Happy Panda, a takeaway at 3 Whiteley Local Centre, Gull Coppice, Whiteley, Fareham was given the score after assessment on July 3, the Food Standards Agency's website shows. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was rated as good. However, its hygienic food handling was rated as improvement necessary and its management of food safety was rated major improvement necessary. Photo: Food Standards Agency
47. Bay Leaves
A Gosport takeaway has been handed a new zero-out-of-five food hygiene rating. Bay Leaves, a takeaway at 121 Stoke Road, Gosport was given the minimum score after assessment on July 7, the Food Standards Agency's website shows. Its hygienic food handling was rated as improvement necessary. It received rating of major improvement necessary for it management of food safety and its cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. Photo: Google