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TIPS WHEN EATING OUT
Here are some tips when choosing a restaurant.
Good Signs:
- Hot food is served piping hot
- Cold food is served cold
- Self-service fridges are cold
- Heated display cabinets are hot
- A fresh batch of food is brought out when a batch is finished
- Staff hygiene certificates displayed
- Premises displays Scores on the Doors Star Rating
Danger Signs:
- Dirty public areas
- Dirty tables, crockery, cutlery and glassware
- Dirty toilets and hand washing areas
- Overflowing bins or bags of rubbish outside the premises
- Staff with dirty hands or fingernails, nail polish, dirty aprons, or long hair that isn't tied back
- Raw foods displayed next to ready to eat foods
- Use of the same utensils for raw and ready to eat foods
- Foods on display past its 'Use by' date
- Hair, insects or other foreign objects in food.
If you think standards are poor:
- Complain to the owner/manager of the business at the time of your visit
- Contact the local Environmental Health Department
- Vote with your feet and take your custom elsewhere!