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

A tapas restaurant and bar which has been handed zero-out-of-five and a breakfast diner in Christchurch with ‘good’ hygiene standards 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 0: 

Brisa, a tapas restaurant in High Street, Lymington was rated on November 28 

Rated 2: 

Bento, in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth was given a score of two on November 28.  

Lal Quilla Indian Restaurant in High Street, Lymington was rated on November 28  

Rated 3: 

Appetites, a takeaway in Yelverton Road, Bournemouth was given the score after assessment on November 29 

Rated 4: 

Vanilla Breakfast Bar, in Barrack Road, Christchurch was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on November 28. 

Hobourne Bashley, in Sway Road, New Milton was given the score after assessment on November 26