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:
5. Casa Brasil
Rated 2: Casa Brasil at 44 - 45 The Boardwalk, Portsmouth; rated on March 31.The inspector found its management of food safety was generally satisfactory. How it listed improvement necessary on its hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. Photo: Ron Wain of outsourced press off
6. O Sole Mio
Rated 2: O Sole Mio Port Solent at 19 The Boardwalk, Portsmouth; rated on March 31. Its hygienic food handling was rated good and its management of food safety generally satisfactory. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was rated as improvement necessary. Photo: DD
7. Southsea Caterers
Rated 0: Southsea Caterers at Kiosks 2 And 3, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea; rated on March 31. Inspectors rated its hygienic food handling as improvement necessary. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building, as well as its management of food safety was rated as major improvement necessary. Photo: Ralf - stock.adobe.com
8. Agora
Agora Restaurant, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 9 Clarendon Road, Southsea was given the score after assessment on April 7, the Food Standards Agency's website shows. Its hygienic food handling was rated as good and its management of food safety generally satisfactory. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was rated as improvement necessary. Picture: Habibur Rahman Photo: Habibur Rahman