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 9 eateries which have scored 1 or 2 hygiene ratings in May:
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Here are 9 eateries from the Portsmouth area whose food hygiene ratings were released in May and scored either 1 or 2. Photo: Ralf - stock.adobe.com
2. Tseng Meng Niu Taiwanese Beef Noodle
Tseng Meng Niu Taiwanese Beef Noodle, at, 13 London Road, Portsmouth was handed a one-out-of-five rating after assessment on March 26. The inspector deemed improvement was necessary on its hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building, Major improvement was necessary on its management of food safety. Photo: Google
3. Golden Chopsticks
Golden Chopsticks at 139 London Road, Portsmouth was rated 1 on March 26. Its hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building were ranked as improvement necessary. Inspectors ranked its management of food safety as major improvement necessary. Photo: Google
4. Ship and Castle
Rated 2: Ship And Castle at The Ship & Castle, 90 Rudmore Road, Portsmouth; rated on March 27. The management of food safety was deemed generally satisfactory. However, improvement was necessary with its hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. Photo: Google Maps