North Tyneside establishment handed new food hygiene rating

A North Tyneside drinking establishment has been handed a new three-out-of-five food hygiene rating.
By Joseph Hook, data reporter
Published 20th Feb 2023, 11:52 BST
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 North Tyneside drinking establishment has been handed a new three-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

Backworth Miners Welfare, a pub, bar or nightclub at The Hall, Station Road, Backworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne was given the score after assessment on January 15, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of North Tyneside's 145 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 126 (87%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.