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 October:
37. King Chef
King Chef at 58b High Street, Portsmouth was rated one on September 10. Its hygienic food handling was generally satisfactory while its cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was given improvement necessary. Its management of food safety was rated as major improvement necessary. | Google Maps Photo: Google Maps
38. Prazeres
Cafe100 Prazeres, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 85 High Street, Portsmouth was handed a one-out-of-five rating after assessment on September 11. The cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was generally satisfactory while inspectors found improvement was necessary for it hygienic food handling. Major improvement was necessary on its management of food safety. | Google Maps Photo: Google
39. Namaste in Osborne Road, Southsea
Namaste, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 40 Osborne Road, Southsea was handed a zero-out-of-five rating after assessment on September 17. Inspectors found improvement was necessary for its hygienic food handling. Major improvement was necessary for its cleanliness and condition of facilities and building and its management of food safety. | Contributed
40. Herbies Pizza - Fareham
Herbies Pizza Also Trading As Two Mates at 145 Gosport Road, Fareham; was rated one on October 2. Inspectors found its cleanliness and condition of facilities and building to be generally satisfactory. Its hygienic food handling and management of food safety was rated as major improvement necessary. | Google Photo: Google