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

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 4:  

Nativ in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 24  

Rated 5: 

The Railway, in Hightown Road, Ringwood was handed a five-out-of-five rating after assessment on January 23. 

Pizza and More, in Cliff Terrace, Barton-On-Sea, was also given a score of five on January 20. 

Shahid's Indian Cuisine, in Ringwood Road, Christchurch was rated on January 24 

Almadina Cafe in Charminster Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 23 

Elevate Brasserie and Bar in the BIC, Exeter Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 23 

Mythos in Bournemouth Road, Poole was rated on January 23 

Melton Court Restaurant in Lindsay Road, Poole was rated on January 22 

Cocoloco in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 19