The Suffolk restaurants and businesses handed low food hygiene ratings since mid-March with locations in Lowestoft and Haverhill
When choosing a restaurant or picking a takeaway, you probably want to know if you are in safe hands in terms of quality and hygiene.
The Food Standards Agency works with local authorities to enforce food safety rules and award star-ratings to businesses, giving residents an indication of the cleanliness and hygiene.
Here's a list of the Suffolk eateries handed a one or zero star rating after inspections since mid-March.
Portugese Dreams – Haverhill
This High Street coffee shop was inspected on April 5 and given a rating of one for its food hygiene.
Improvement was found to be needed in both hygienic food handling and cleanliness of the facilities and building at the eatery.
Major improvement was deemed necessary in the management of food safety category.
B19 Boy - Lowestoft
B19 Boy at Pier Terrace in Lowestoft was found to need major improvement in one of the three Food Standards Agency categories, and was rated one on March 13.
While the takeaway, which serves everything from chicken wings to pizzas and burgers, was deemed generally satisfactory in hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building, it was found to need major improvement in its management of food safety.
This includes things like correct paperwork, and checks in place to maintain safe practices.
DD Fried Chicken - Haverhill
DD Fried Chicken in Haverhill’s Grove Court was handed a hygiene rating of one last month.
An inspection found the takeaway restaurant was below standard on March 24.
KW Clarke’s Butcher Shop - Bramfield
KW Clarke’s Butcher Shop in Bramfield was also handed a rating of one following an inspection on March 28.
This retailer was found to be generally satisfactory in its hygienic food handling, as well as cleanliness of facilities and the building.
However, inspectors decided major improvement was needed in the management of food safety at the site and gave the shop a rating of one.
KW Clarke Butcher Ltd has a 4.7 star rating on google reviews.
Pizza Time - Lowestoft
This London Road South pizza takeaway was inspected on March 14 when it was given a one for its food hygiene.
It was deemed to require major improvement in the management of food safety.
However, inspectors found it to be generally satisfactory in both the hygienic food handling and cleanliness of the facilities and building.
The takeaway serves pizza, pasta, burgers and chicken amongst other menu items.
Understanding the ratings
The hygienic food handling category includes the preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage of foods.
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building relates to the restaurant itself, including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control, to enable good food hygiene.
The management of food safety category relates to systems or checks in place, including paperwork, to ensure food sold or served is safe to eat, as well as evidence that staff know about food safety.
