The businesses in the North East that have just been handed a poor hygiene rating Picture: NEWSQUEST
TWELVE businesses across the region have been handed a poor food hygiene rating in inspections carried out in the past several weeks.
The most recent scores on the doors from the Food Standards Agency shows which takeaways and businesses have been told to make improvements.
A Darlington chippy is among those that have been given a one-star hygiene rating - while two businesses have been given a zero.
The ratings, which are based on hygiene and safety, structural compliance and confidence in management are routinely updated.