5 food establishments in Wolverhampton with the lowest hygiene ratings ordered to make improvements

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspects food hygiene levels to ensure food establishments are up to standard across Wolverhampton in partnership with the local authority. The food hygiene rating is not a guide to food quality, but gives clear information about the businesses’ hygiene standards.

Inspectors rate establishments in the following areas:

Hygienic food handling – Hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage.

Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building – Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building (including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control) to enable good food hygiene.

Management of food safety – System or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future.

Each area is given a rating from zero to five which then factors into the overall rating of the eatery, with five representing ‘very good’ hygiene standards and zero indicating ‘urgent improvement’ is necessary.

These are some of the establishments given ratings of one or zero since the start of April:

1. Tasty Plaice

Tasty Plaice in Raynor Road was awarded a food hygiene rating of one on April 1 this year by Wolverhampton Council and told major improvement was necessary.

2. Aladdin’s Bushbury

The shop in Bushbury Lane was inspected on April 16 this year and rated one. The business was told major improvement was necessary.

3. Talha Supermarket

The premises in Owen Road, Merridale was inspected on April 13 this year. Although its structural compliance was deemed ‘generally satisfactory’, for the criteria ‘confidence in management’ the business was told major improvement was necessary.

4. Singh’sbury Local Off Licence Limited

The shop, in Bushbury Road, Wolverhampton was awarded a food hygiene rating of one on April 13 this year and was told by Wolverhampton Council major improvement was necessary.

5. Chicky Chicken

The takeaway, in Broad Street in Wolverhampton city centre, was given a food hygiene rating of one when inspected on April 16 this year and told major improvement was necessary.

Learn more about food hygiene ratings at https://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/.