SPECIAL REPORT: How clean are your pubs and restaurants? Oldham eateries' hygiene results revealed

Last week, the Oldham Times revealed that three takeaways in Oldham received a food hygiene rating of 0, one of which was closed after the owner was prosecuted.

There are no pubs or restaurants in the borough with a rating of zero, but four restaurants received a rating of 1 in their last inspection, meaning that major improvement was necessary.

Clough Manor, a wedding venue in Rochdale Road, received a rating of 1 when it was last inspected in February.

Inspectors were most concerned about confidence in management at the venue, but there were also problems identified with hygiene and structure.

The wedding venue is now closed and it is not known if and when it will reopen.

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Candy Crush in Elm Road was rated 1 when it was last inspected in April.

A member of staff at the desert bar in Limeside said that the low rating was mostly due to a lack of or incorrect paperwork.

The business is expected to be under new management in the coming weeks as it is currently up for sale.

Pit Stop Café in Ashton Road also received a rating of 1 when it was inspected in April.

The café, which is run alongside a car wash, is also expected to change hands soon.

Roys Rolls in Huddersfield Road received a 1 when it was inspected in May.

The café was pulled up mostly on confidence in management followed by structure, but there were also some issues identified with hygiene.

According to the Food Standards Agency website, there are 313 restaurants, cafes and canteens in the borough and 247 pubs, bars and nightclubs.

Less than one per cent of eateries in these two categories received a rating of 1, all of which were restaurants.

A total of 20 pubs and restaurants received a rating of 2, which means that some improvements are necessary.

There are 49 pubs and restaurants, less than nine per cent, with a rating of 3, which means that hygiene standards are generally satisfactory.

The majority of pubs and restaurants, 85 per cent, received a rating of four or five, with 354 achieving the highest rating.

A rating of four means that hygiene standards are good, while the highest rating, five, means that standards are very good.

The food hygiene rating scheme, run in partnership with local authorities, gives businesses a rating from five to zero to help consumers make more informed choices about where to buy and eat food.

Ratings are worked out by environmental health officers, employed by the council, who inspect the business to check it meets the requirements of food hygiene law.

Cllr Arooj Shah, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services, said: “When people buy food they should be safe in the knowledge that it’s been prepared in a clean kitchen – not somewhere that potentially puts their health at risk.

“We’ll continue to carry out visits and make sure businesses are selling food from clean premises. If they aren’t operating within the law then we will not hesitate to take action against them.”

It is voluntary for the businesses to display their food hygiene rating, but it gives the consumer an indication of its overall level of food hygiene compliance.

Oldham Council urges consumers to check food hygiene ratings before they eat out or order meals online.