00:01Fourteen, Birmingham restaurants and takeaways have been given a zero food hygiene rating after inspections carried out in February.
00:10Under the food hygiene rating scheme, zero is the lowest possible score and means urgent improvement is necessary.
00:18Ratings run from zero to five with three classified as generally satisfactory and five the highest.
00:25The scores are published by the Food Standards Agency while inspections are carried out by local authority officers.
00:33They assess hygienic food handling, cleanliness, the condition of the premises and how food safety is managed.
00:43We are showing the names of the 14 businesses affected on screen.
00:47A zero rating does not automatically mean food is unsafe to eat, but it does show inspectors found serious problems
00:54at the time of their visit.
00:56The rating reflects standards on the day of inspection.
01:00Businesses can appeal against the score, make improvements and ask for a fresh inspection to be rated.
01:06These Birmingham ratings were listed as correct on Sunday 5th April, but they can change if action is taken later
01:14after appeals, revisits or updated inspection results are published online.
01:21That means the score you see today may not be the same after a follow-up inspection at a later
01:28date.
01:29The score is a score of the score of the score.
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