Food hygiene ratings on eaterie doors
Tuesday, 15th June 2010.
Customers of the 1,025 food businesses in St Edmundsbury will now be able to check the quality of food hygiene on the premises.
The information will be available thanks to a ‘scores on the doors’ scheme launched by the Food Safety Service at St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
The scheme shows the standard achieved following a thorough environmental health inspection, and gives a rating of up to five stars.
The new scoring system has been in use since 1 January 2010 and the results for the 170 businesses that have been inspected since then can be checked on the St Edmundsbury Borough Council website at www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.
Fifty-four businesses have achieved a five-star rating, including nurseries, schools, restaurants, nursing homes and plant centres. Forty-eight businesses have achieved four stars, 47 have three stars and 21 have received two stars or fewer.
West Suffolk College has achieved a clean sweep of five-star certificates both for the in-house catering and for the popular student restaurant Zest.
West Suffolk College head of school of hospitality, Carmel Asbury, said: “I am delighted with the recognition this five-star award represents.
"It reflects the very high standards that students and staff maintain and train to in all our hospitality areas at West Suffolk College.
"The hospitality students are the chefs and managers of the future in this region and it is crucial that they have a clear and concise understanding of health and safety standards and systems in order to improve, maintain and raise the profile of the hospitality and tourism industry in Suffolk.”
Cllr Robert Everitt, St Edmundsbury cabinet member for community safety, said: “All our residents expect the highest standards of food handling and hygiene and the score on the door will be a useful and meaningful guide.
"The Food Safety Service works closely with businesses to help them achieve excellent standards. Businesses with lower scores now have an incentive to do better and those with high scores can be justifiably proud.”
The St Edmundsbury Food Safety Service works with a wide range of organisations covering everything from ‘gate to plate’, including hospitals, nurseries, schools, prisons, mobile food outlets, butchers, superstores, fast food outlets and restaurants.
The information will be available thanks to a ‘scores on the doors’ scheme launched by the Food Safety Service at St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
The scheme shows the standard achieved following a thorough environmental health inspection, and gives a rating of up to five stars.
The new scoring system has been in use since 1 January 2010 and the results for the 170 businesses that have been inspected since then can be checked on the St Edmundsbury Borough Council website at www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.
Fifty-four businesses have achieved a five-star rating, including nurseries, schools, restaurants, nursing homes and plant centres. Forty-eight businesses have achieved four stars, 47 have three stars and 21 have received two stars or fewer.
West Suffolk College has achieved a clean sweep of five-star certificates both for the in-house catering and for the popular student restaurant Zest.
West Suffolk College head of school of hospitality, Carmel Asbury, said: “I am delighted with the recognition this five-star award represents.
"It reflects the very high standards that students and staff maintain and train to in all our hospitality areas at West Suffolk College.
"The hospitality students are the chefs and managers of the future in this region and it is crucial that they have a clear and concise understanding of health and safety standards and systems in order to improve, maintain and raise the profile of the hospitality and tourism industry in Suffolk.”
Cllr Robert Everitt, St Edmundsbury cabinet member for community safety, said: “All our residents expect the highest standards of food handling and hygiene and the score on the door will be a useful and meaningful guide.
"The Food Safety Service works closely with businesses to help them achieve excellent standards. Businesses with lower scores now have an incentive to do better and those with high scores can be justifiably proud.”
The St Edmundsbury Food Safety Service works with a wide range of organisations covering everything from ‘gate to plate’, including hospitals, nurseries, schools, prisons, mobile food outlets, butchers, superstores, fast food outlets and restaurants.
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