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

A Le Petit Prince in Bournemouth and a café in Bournemouth town centre are included in this week’s round up. 

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:

Short and Sweet Company, a takeaway in 5a Mill Lane, Wimborne Minster, Dorset was given a score of one on August 3

Rated 3: 

Zaza Cafe in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was given the score after assessment on August 7  

Rated 4: 

Le Petit Prince Patisserie in Poole Road, Bournemouth was given the score after assessment on August 9 

Cinnamon Lounge in Verwood Road, Woodlands, Dorset was given the score on August 2. 

Clock House Pizza at The Old Clock Shop in Bridge Street, Sturminster Newton was rated on July 27 

Hare & Hounds in Slape Hill, Waytown was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on August 3.