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Isle of Wight restaurants and shops earn top marks in food hygiene visits

It’s good news for a lot of Isle of Wight cafes, restaurants and shops as they have aced their most recent food hygiene inspections.

Eateries and food production facilities are rated on a scale of 0 ‘Urgent Improvement Necessary’ to 5 ‘Very Good by the Food Standards Agency.

Environmental health inspections are carried out by Isle of Wight Council officers who rate how hygienic the food handling is, the cleanliness and condition of facilities and the food safety management at each place.

But how have the most recent inspections turned out?

Five — Very Good

  • Sainsbury’s, Sandown High Street
  • Artisan Cafe, East Cowes
  • RNLI Shop, Cowes
  • Cowes Primary School
  • Morrisons, Newport
  • Morrisons, Lake
  • Hazel Lodge, Havenstreet
  • Cowes Town Central
  • Arreton St George’s CE Primary School – Compass
  • Nettlestone Primary School – Compass
  • Broadlea Primary School – Compass
  • Lake Fish Bar
  • Kings Head, Yarmouth
  • Bayliss and Booth, Wootton
  • Orchards Holiday Park, Newbridge
  • Taste of Britain, Cowes

Four — Good

  • The Garlic Farm Restaurant, Newchurch
  • RG (Bembridge) Ltd
  • The Harbour View, Bembridge
  • Autumn House, Sandown
  • The Boathouse, Seaview
  • St Mary’s Catholic Primary School – Compass, Ryde
  • The Brunswick Hotel, Shanklin
  • Bay Leaf, Lake
  • The Bugle Inn, Brading
  • Fuoco Pizza, Freshwater
  • Hunnyhill Pre-School

Three — Generally Satisfactory

  • Lake Kebab and Pizza House
  • Crab and Lobster Tap, Ventnor
  • Shorwell Village Shop
  • Cardamom, Sandown
  • Lucky House, Ryde
  • Appletree Takeaway, Yarmouth
  • Poppins, Shanklin
  • Chipmunks, Ryde

Two — Improvement Necessary

  • None.

One — Major Improvement Necessary

  • The Garden Cafe at Park Place Farm, Newport

Zero — Urgent Improvement Necessary

  • None.

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