Tendring one of just three councils to snub food hygiene scheme

7:00am Saturday 12th January 2013 in News

TENDRING has refused to join a scheme which tells food fans how well restaurants and cafes score with hygiene watchdogs.

The authority is one of just three in the whole of England, Wales and Northern Ireland that hasn’t adopted the scheme.

It was developed by the Food Standards Agency and scores outlets from zero, if they need urgent improvement, to five, for those rated very good.

The ratings can be displayed in the premises and publicised online at food.gov.uk/ratings or on a mobile phone app.

Some restaurant bosses say it would lead to more bureaucracy.

But Ray Dowsett, who runs Harry’s Bar and Restaurant in Thorpe-le-Soken, said a good rating could give the edge over competitors.

Tendring Council has not ruled out adopting the scheme in future.

Environment boss Nick Turner said 100 establishments would be surveyed about joining.

“When I have the results and if there is a reasonable response we will be able to discuss it in cabinet,” he said.

Comments(6)

peanuts68 says...
12:37pm Sat 12 Jan 13

they wont as long at they businesses are paying there council tax etc to the council .also if it mean putting there hands in there pocket , they more concerned about the sea front flower arrangements

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roger bacon says...
1:20pm Sat 12 Jan 13

Rather a silly answer. Businesses do not pay council tax , they pay business tax. Council tax goes to the local authorities i.e Tendring Disrict Council. Business Taxes do not go to local councils.
Tendring ran a similar scheme 25 years ago which was not very successful as only about 10% of food outlets took part in. If you look around there are still some of these awards about today. Some of those places that got awards were a bit dodgy as well

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cavillas says...
3:18pm Sat 12 Jan 13

I go by personal experience and never trust any of these scemes or reviews. Many have vested interests at heart.

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Marts Mutters says...
3:33pm Sat 12 Jan 13

I went into one of the seafront cafes and saw a man, behind the counter, serving food with no shirt on. I went elsewhere.

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Hatpeg says...
11:39am Sun 13 Jan 13

Marts Mutters wrote:
I went into one of the seafront cafes and saw a man, behind the counter, serving food with no shirt on. I went elsewhere.
Was that just an of the cuff remark?

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Ossiepith says...
3:40pm Sun 13 Jan 13

cavillas wrote:
I go by personal experience and never trust any of these scemes or reviews. Many have vested interests at heart.
That's ok if you live here. But it doesn't do much to attract holidaymakers to the area.

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