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 11 eateries which have scored 1 or 2 hygiene ratings in November:
5. Katies Vinyl Bar & Kitchen cafe - Gosport
Rated 1: Katies Vinyl Bar And Kitchen at 134 High Street, Gosport; rated on October 22. It received a rating of improvement necessary for its hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. Major improvement was necessary on its management of food safety. | Vernon Nash Photo: Vernon Nash
6. H and D Fish and Chips - Gosport
Rated 2: H And D Fish And Chips at 79 St Nicholas Avenue, Gosport; rated on September 9. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building and management of food safety was generally satisfactory. Its hygienic food handling was rated improvement necessary. Photo: Google
7. Fareham Town Football Club
Fareham Town Football Club, at Cams Alders Sports Stadium, Palmerston Drive, Fareham was given a score of one on October 22. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was rated good while its hygienic food handling was rated as improvement necessary. The management of food safety was rated as major improvement necessary. | Google Photo: Google
8. New Hong Kong Takeaway
Rated 0: New Hong Kong Takeaway at Shop, 222 Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth; rated on October 9. Its hygienic food handling was rated as improvement necessary while its management of food safety and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was deemed as major improvement necessary. | Google Street View Photo: Picture: Google Street View