REVEALED: The Northern Ireland businesses with a zero-star food hygiene rating

These Northern Ireland businesses have all been rated zero - the lowest possible grading - by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Jan 2018, 12:23 BST
Updated 30th Jan 2018, 15:32 BST
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They were inspected in 2017.

Each business is given their hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the business’s local authority. The inspection criteria includes:

- How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored

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Zero: The Ferry Grill, Portaferry (3 High Street, Ballyphillip, Co Down, BT22 1QT). Last inspection -October 19, 2017.Zero: The Ferry Grill, Portaferry (3 High Street, Ballyphillip, Co Down, BT22 1QT). Last inspection -October 19, 2017.
Zero: The Ferry Grill, Portaferry (3 High Street, Ballyphillip, Co Down, BT22 1QT). Last inspection -October 19, 2017.

- 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

At the end of the inspection, the business is given one of six ratings from 0-5.

All ratings are based on the most recent inspection.

Zero: Shah Jalal, (2 Balmoral Link, Belfast,BT12 6QB). Last inspection:September 4, 2017. According to the FSA, theShah Jalal has been recently inspected and a new rating is to be published soon.Zero: Shah Jalal, (2 Balmoral Link, Belfast,BT12 6QB). Last inspection:September 4, 2017. According to the FSA, theShah Jalal has been recently inspected and a new rating is to be published soon.
Zero: Shah Jalal, (2 Balmoral Link, Belfast,BT12 6QB). Last inspection:September 4, 2017. According to the FSA, theShah Jalal has been recently inspected and a new rating is to be published soon.

The businesses are:

The Ferry Grill, Portaferry (3 High Street, Ballyphillip, Co Down, BT22 1QT). Last inspection - October 19, 2017.

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Shah Jalal, (2 Balmoral Link, Belfast, BT12 6QB). Last inspection: September 4, 2017*.

Mace, (336-338 Woodstock Road, Belfast BT6 9DP). Last inspection: June 19, 2017.

*According to the FSA, the Shah Jalal has been recently inspected and a new rating is to be published soon.

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