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 1:

The Noisy Lobster, at Avon Beach, Mudeford was given a score of one on September 6.  

Castle Catering at Hurst Castle, Hurst Spit, Keyhaven, Lymington was given a score of one on September 9.  

Rated 2: 

Proper Naughty Burger in King Street, Weymouth was given the score after assessment on September 9, the Food Standards Agency's website shows. 

Rated 4: 

RealCHKN.CO in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was given the score after assessment on September 11, the Food Standards Agency's website shows. 

Jurassic Coast Café at Woolbridge Business Centre, East Burton Road, Wool was given the score after assessment on September 10. 

The Fighting Cocks in Southampton Road, Godshill, Fordingbridge was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on September 9. 

The Little Ship in Victoria Square, Portland, Dorset was given the score after assessment on September 6 

The Rope & Anchor in Sarum Street, Poole was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on September 6. 

  • All ratings are accurate at the time of publication