Barking and Dagenham restaurant handed new food hygiene rating

A Barking and Dagenham restaurant has been handed a new two-out-of-five 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 Barking and Dagenham restaurant has been handed a new two-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

Eastern Paradise, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 394 Ripple Road, Barking was given the score after assessment on February 11, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Barking and Dagenham's 166 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 84 (51%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.