Lewes establishment given new food hygiene rating

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.
A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.
A Lewes drinking establishment has been handed a new four-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

A Lewes drinking establishment has been handed a new four-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

The Ark, a pub, bar or nightclub at Riverside, Newhaven, East Sussex was given the score after assessment on June 21, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Lewes's 79 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 59 have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.