Before you fork out, check out ‘Scores on the Doors’

27 July 2010

A NEW iPhone application is making it even easier to find out how clean a restaurant or takeaway is when you fancy a quick snack or a night out.

The free ‘Scores on the Doors’ app means iPhone users will be able to find the food hygiene star rating for businesses based on any location.

Even better, for those who have a 3GS or 4 iPhone, the Radar feature means you can find out the number of stars by simply pointing your phone at the premises.

Alternatively all phone users can find out star ratings by text message or by visiting http://www.sotd.tv/

The website lists all the restaurants and takeaways that are inspected by SLDC’S Environmental Health Officers across South Lakeland.

Food premises are scored from zero to five stars with five being the top award.

Cllr Clare Feeney-Johnson, SLDC portfolio holder for Environment and Sustainability, said: “This is a great new way that makes it even easier for people to find out how their favourite restaurant has scored.

“Our officers work hard monitoring food hygiene standards and it’s important people can access this information and make decisions based upon it.

“More food premises are gaining more stars which means standards of hygiene are improving all the time.”

To download the free app visit the itunes appstore and search for Food Hygiene under the lifestyle section or go to http://bit.ly/ukfoodhygiene