A NUMBER of cafés, pubs, restaurants and takeaways across Dorset have been handed new food hygiene ratings recently.  

A surf bar and diner in Poole which has been told ‘major improvement is necessary’ and a Chinese takeaway in Ferndown with a ‘good’ rating are included in this week’s round up.

Each week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspects businesses across the country, assessing hygiene and safety, structural compliance and confidence in management.    

Across the UK, every food outlet including convenience stores, restaurants, hospitals and care homes are given a hygiene rating.     

What each hygiene rating means: 

0 - Urgent improvement necessary   

1 - Major improvement necessary   

2 - Some improvement necessary   

3 - Hygiene standards generally satisfactory     

4 - Hygiene standards good      

5 - Hygiene standards very good       

Here is a roundup of scores given by the FSA this week: 

Rated 1:  

Dive Bar in Commercial Road, Poole was rated on August 3  

Rated 3:  

Indian Nights in Leigh Road, Wimborne Minster was rated on July 27 

Nicholas James Deli in Station Road Parkstone, Poole was rated on August 3 

South Deep Café in Parkstone Bay Marina, Turks Lane, Poole was rated on August 1 

The Half Moon in Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury was rated after assessment on July 25. 

Rated 4:  

Taj Restaurant Ltd in Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen was rated on July 27 

Clock House Pizza in Bridge Street, Sturminster Newton was rated on July 27 

Coffee #1 in Wimborne Road, Bournemouth was rated on August 3 

Peking Chinese Takeaway in Wimborne Road East, Ferndown was rated on July 26 

Upton Café in Poole Road, Upton was given a score of four on July 25. 

Rated 5: 

Loaded at Sandford Holiday Park in Organford Road, Holton Heath was rated on August 16 

The Castle Inn in Main Road, West Lulworth was rated on August 16 

Fish & Chippery at Sandford Holiday Park, Organford Road, Holton Heath was rated on August 16 

Scoops at Sandford Holiday Park, Organford Road, Holton Heath was rated on August 16 

Street Eats at Sandford Holiday Park in Organford Road, Holton Heath was rated on August 16