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

A Bournemouth pub which has been told ‘major improvement is necessary’ and a Lytchett Minster pub with a top score are all included in this week’s roundup. 

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:  

The Athelstan Arms in Cranleigh Road, Bournemouth was rated on August 31 

Rated 3:  

Loco Station Kiosk at Poole Railway Station, Serpentine Road, Poole was rated on August 31  

Pizza Delight in Station Approach, Poole was given the score after assessment on August 29 

Jurassic Coast Bistroin Woolbridge Business Centre East Burton Road, Wool, Dorset was given the score after assessment on August 18 

Rated 4: 

Brewhouse and Kitchen Ltd - Poole in Dear Hay Lane, Poole was rated on August 31 

Fully Loaded Poole Ltd in Blandford Road, Poole was rated on August 31 

Rated 5: 

The Barn Cafe at Bere Farm Wareham Road, Lytchett Minster, Dorset was rated on September 21 

Love Cake Etc in High Street, Swanage, Dorset was rated on September 20 

Clavell's Restaurant at Clavells, Kimmeridge, Dorset was rated on September 15 

St. Peters Finger in Dorchester Road, Lytchett Minster, Dorset was rated on September 18