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:  

Bake House in Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth was rated on May 30  

Rated 2: 

Ringwood Conservative Club in Christchurch Road, Ringwood was given a score of two on June 1.  

Mc China in Columbia Road, Bournemouth was rated on May 30  

Rated 3:  

El Murrino in Ashley Road, Poole was rated on May 30  

Rated 4: 

Bransgore Fish, a takeaway in Oak Tree Parade, Bransgore was given the score after assessment on June 6 

King's Take Away, a takeaway in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was given the score after assessment on June 6 

Beavers Restaurant in Institute Road, Swanage, was given the score after assessment on June 4 

CJC Catering at Ringwood Conservative Club in Christchurch Road, Ringwood was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on June 1.