Food hygiene fails and passes as 26 pubs, restaurants and takeaways in Lancashire given new ratings

26 businesses in Lancashire have been awarded newly updated hygiene ratings by the Food Standards Agency.

When you eat out, you want to be assured that the café or restaurant you've chosen is clean and well maintained.

That's why it's useful to know what the Food Standards Agency makes of businesses in Lancashire,

The Food Standards Agency scores food serving businesses from zero to five.

The rating is based on hygiene, the condition of the facilities/buildings, and how the business records what it does to make sure food is safe.

26 businesses in the county were recently given new scores. See how they fared below:

17. The Chantry, 6-8 Church Street, Great Harwood

Rated 5: The Chantry - Wet Sales Only at 6-8 Church Street, Great Harwood, Lancashire; rated on October 1. Photo: Google

Rated 5: Royal Oak at 35 Sparth Road, Clayton Le Moors, Accrington; rated on September 30. Photo: Google

Rated 5: The Queens Hotel at 31 Eastgate, Accrington, Lancashire; rated on September 26 Photo: Google

Rated 5: Oswaldtwistle Immanuel Church Cricket & Bowling Club at New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; rated on August 27. Photo: Google