FIVE businesses in the Salisbury area have received new food hygiene ratings.

Each week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspects businesses across the country, assessing hygiene and safety, structural compliance and confidence in management.  

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Across the UK, every food outlet including convenience stores, restaurants, hospitals and care homes are given a hygiene rating.        

What each hygiene rating means:   

0 - Urgent improvement necessary     

1 - Major improvement necessary      

2 - Some improvement necessary      

3 - Hygiene standards generally satisfactory        

4 - Hygiene standards good      

5 - Hygiene standards very good    

These businesses have all been inspected and rated 'five' in the last month:

• Zizzi at 1-3 Castle Street, Salisbury; rated on October 28

• The Yard at 16 Dews Road, Salisbury; rated on October 26

The News Cafe and Zizzi are among those businesses rated in the last monthThe News Cafe and Zizzi are among those businesses rated in the last month (Image: Newsquest)

• Coffee and Chat at Coffee And Chat Community Centre St Michaels Road, Bemerton Heath, Salisbury; rated on October 22

• The News Cafe at 55-57 New Canal, Salisbury; rated on October 22

• Greggs Amesbury at Countess Services Countess Road, Amesbury; rated on October 16