Inspectors visited local establishments and weren't impressed

Food Inspectors have marked two Acton cafes with low scores after recent hygiene checks.

Chasing Dragon on the High Street is a sandwich bar/cafe and was told it need to improve after officers found it to have poor hygiene and safety standars and poor structural compliance - (which looks at issues of cleanliness, ventilation, layout etc)

It was given an overall rating of 2 out 5 on the Scores on The Doors register ( last updated 28th September)

Meanwhile another restaurant on The Vale, Al Abbas, has received the same score of 2 - suffering from similar issues. The lowest mark that can be given is is 0 and highest is 5.

Both establishments have been told that improvement is necessary.

Local authorities, in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, regularly inspect food serving establishments. They’re specifically looking at how hygienic the business is and assess how the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored the condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities, how the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe.

If the business is in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it will be given a score out of five based on the visit.

If a business gets a 0 or 1, they need to make some urgent improvements fast or can be shut down.

Legally businesses don't have to display the stickers but the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 370 councils in England, wants it to be compulsory.

You can check individual establishment hygiene ratings here

29th September 2016