More than a dozen restaurants across Liverpool have been given the lowest possible rating by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Each establishment receives their rating following an inspection conducted by a food safety officer from the council.
If they are given a zero food hygiene rating, it means that urgent improvement is necessary.
If they are given a five rating, the highest, it means hygiene standards are “very good”.
We’ve taken at Merseyside’s worst rated takeaways and altogether 13 establishments in Merseyside have fallen foul of the FSA’s rating scheme.
How is the scoring done?
The scores are done by local authority hygiene teams. A health officer will look at three criteria types during an inspection:
How hygienically the food is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.
The cleanliness, layout, lighting and ventilation of the building.
How the business manages what it does to make sure food is safe.
The Food Standards Agency says that to achieve a zero rating there "are very likely to be performing poorly in all three elements and are likely to have a history of serious problems."
*All ratings were correct at the time of publication on Friday, January 17, 2020.
Chef Tse's
Unit C4 Parliament Business Park Liverpool, L8 7BA
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 27 November 2019
Enjoy Tasty Food
459 West Derby Road, Liverpool, L6 4BL
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 24 October 2019
Hot Wok
87 Langham Street, Liverpool, L4 4DA
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 12 November 2018
J's Pizza Shop
93 Green Lane, Liverpool, L13 7BB
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 19 February 2019
Leonardo's Pizza
171 Lawrence Road, Liverpool, L7 6HE
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 22 October 2019
Marybone Takeaway
4 Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, L3 2BG
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 26 September 2019
No1 Chinese Take Away
27 Walton Road, Liverpool, L4 4AD
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 5 August 2019
Freedom Cafe
Marcus Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 1EU
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 25 November 2019
Golden Palace
Golden Palace, Tranmere, Wirrla, CH42 5NS
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 1 August 2019
Jimmy's Continental Cuisine
82 St Pauls Road, Seacombe, Wirral, CH44 7AL
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 9 August 2019
Welcome
30 Balls Road, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 5RG
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 7 October 2019
Sparks 2 Go
72 Halton View Road, Widnes, WA8 0TR
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 15 August 2019
Istanbul Grill House
52 Eastbank Street, Southport, PR8 1ES
Rating: 0
Last inspected: 18 September 2019
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