A host of Dorset restaurants, takeaways, cafes and pubs have been received new food hygiene ratings in the past week.

Listed below are some of the latest findings by council inspectors, published over the past month.

Thousands of premises across the country are rated by the Food Standards Agency, based on the findings of local authority environmental health inspectors, who work all-year round.

The hygiene standards found at the time of inspection are then rated on a scale from zero to five.

Five is top of the scale, meaning the hygiene standards are very good and fully comply with regulations.

Zero is at the bottom of the scale, meaning urgent improvement is necessary.

Five ratings

• Skevy's Cafe at 24c Wincombe Business Park, Shaftesbury, Dorset

• Secret Garden Cafe at Thorngrove Garden Centre Common Mead Lane, Gillingham, Dorset

• King Alfred's Kitchen at 17 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset

• Salt Cellar at 1 - 4 Gold Hill Parade Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset

• Sea Breeze Restaurant and Takeaway at Fishermans Catch Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset

• The Ugly Duckling at Unit 6 Swans Yard High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset

• Garden Gate tea Room at Unit 3 7 North Street, Wareham, Dorset

• The Gallery Cafe at Sculpture By The Lakes Pallington Lakes, Pallington, Dorset

• The Old Granary at The Old Granary The Quay, Wareham, Dorset; rated on February 16

• Sea Cadets Weymouth National Boat Centre at The Sea Cadet Centre Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset

• Tank Museum Trading at The Tank Museum King George V Road, Bovington, Dorset

• SAST at Thornford Church Of England Va Primary School Boot Lane, Thornford, Dorset

• The Halfway Inn at Halfway Inn, Wareham, Dorset

• Ivy Cross Greggs at Ivy Cross Service Station Ivy Cross, Shaftesbury, Dorset

• Ocean Fish and Chips at 1 The Parade Lodbourne Green, Gillingham, Dorset

Four ratings

  • Wongs Dragon, 80 Oakdale Road, Poole 
  • Del Marco, 4 Albert Road, Bournemouth

Two rating

  • Blue Vinney, 12 The Moor, Puddletown, Dorset