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

A cafe in Poole which has been told ‘some improvement’ is needed and New Forest pub with a top score are amongst the latest ratings this week.  

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 2:  

Hamworthy Cafe - Liberal Club Hamworthy in Blandford Road, Poole was given the score after assessment on January 30 

Rated 3:  

Shark Tail Sushi in Calendula Place, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was rated on February 1  

Tang Village in Wimborne Road, Poole was rated on February 1  

Rated 4:  

Beirut Lounge in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was rated on February 1  

Saffron Spice, a takeaway in Wimborne Road East, Ferndown was given the score after assessment on February 1 

Rosso's Italiano, in The Quay, Poole was given the score after assessment on January 29 

Rated 5:  

Polly’s Pantry in High Street, Milford-On-Sea was rated on February 29 

New Forest Nondescripts Club in Church Lane, Lyndhurst was rated on February 28 

Kings Head Inn at Quay Hill, Lymington was rated on February 27