A NUMBER of cafés, pubs, restaurants and takeaways across Dorset and the New Forest 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 0:  

Fresh and Delish Mother Taste at First Floor in Burlington Arcade, Bournemouth town centre was rated on June 22 

Rated 1: 

Aubrey’s Forest Kitchen in Sandy Balls Holiday Village, Godshill, Fordingbridge was given the score after assessment on June 20. 

Rated 4:  

44 Bam.Boo in Poole Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 24 

Rated 5:  

Calabrese Ltd in Noble House, Yelverton Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 23 

Aperitivo in Seabourne Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 19 

Coffee#1 in Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth was rated on July 19 

Wenzel's The Bakers in Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth was rated on July 19 

DYMK Bar AKA Mothers Bar in Commercial Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 18 

Pyramid Cafe in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 17 

Subway in the Dolphin Centre, High Street, Poole was rated on July 17 

Quay Spice in High Street, Poole was rated on July 16 

The Hope Hub at Elim Pentecostal Church, Hawthorn Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 16 

Tortilla Mexican Grill PLC in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 16 

Zizzi in Richmond Hill, Bournemouth was rated on July 16 

Pret A Manger in Commercial Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 15 

Sandbanks Hotel in Banks Road, Poole was rated on July 12 

Tubsy's Grill in Chapel Lane, Poole was rated on July 10 

Subway in Lifeboat Quay, Poole was rated on July 8 

Vesuvio at Vesuvio Bar - Restorante, Alumhurst Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 8 

Antelope Hotel in High Street, Poole was rated on July 17 

The Firkin Shed (Micro pub) in Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 16 

The Moon in The Square in Exeter Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 16 

The Cliff in Ravine Road, Poole was rated on July 15 

George Hotel in High Street North, Poole was rated on July 12 

Lake Yard at Dorset Lake Shipyard Ltd, Lake Drive, Poole was rated on July 10 

Susan Chinese Takeaway in Charminster Road, Bournemouth was rated on July 16 

Barista & Co in Market Place, Ringwood was given the maximum score after assessment on July 19