THAME restaurants and food outlets that that have scored low on the ‘Scores on the Door’ website, for hygiene, are today reviewing their response to the findings.
Some of them are questioning whether the results of an inspection carried out 18 months ago, that may have picked up on one or two negative aspects of their hygiene, which have since been rectified, should be published on the website.
Like many other local authorities, South Oxfordshire District Council operates a “Scores on the Doors” project to make the public aware of the health and hygiene status of the restaurants they visit. Under this system the restaurants are inspected regularly and allocated 1-5 stars based on their findings.
Among the Thame premises that sell or prepare food scored on the website, Barley Hill school scored the same as Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons – four stars.
On the SODC section of the Scores on the Doors website, there is button where business proprietors have “the right of reply” which, once it has been reviewed and approved, will, the council says, be displayed as part of that establishment’s listing.
Dorothy Brown, South Oxfordshire District Council Cabinet Member responsible for health, states on SODC’s website: “Scores on the Doors is an excellent new resource for everyone and I’m sure our residents will find it reassuring they can easily check the rating of local restaurants, shops and caf
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