Tower Hamlets restaurant given new food hygiene rating

A Tower Hamlets restaurant has been handed a new one-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 Tower Hamlets restaurant has been handed a new one-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

Zaiqa London, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 108a Whitechapel Road, London was given the score after assessment on March 7, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Tower Hamlets's 991 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 682 (69%) have ratings of five and just one has a zero rating.