Twenty eight food shops, pubs and restaurants in Leicester have scored a big fat Zero when it comes to food hygiene.
City health inspectors have told them to take urgent measures to improve or face further action.
However two have had to be closed temporarily by the court until they met acceptable standards.
Health inspectors said the 28 businesses performed badly in how food was handled, prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.
They also said the structure of the buildings and cleanliness were not up to scratch.
The inspections were carried out between October last year and last month and food premises were given a score ranging from 0 - which meant the premises required urgent improvement up to 5 - for very good.
Only five premises scored the top mark out of nearly 2,000 rated businesses in the city.
All the ratings can be viewed on the Food Standards Agency website but there is no legal requirement to display them in the premises although many do.
Now a call has been made that eateries and shops should be made to display their scores by law so customers can see them.
Assistant City Mayor Sarah Russell said: "I have been pressing the government to make it a legal requirement for premises to display their food rating at the point of purchase."
The ratings are:
5 – "very good"
4 – "good"
3 – "generally satisfactory"
2 – "improvement necessary"
1 – "major improvement necessary"
0 – "urgent improvement necessary"
We attempted to contact all 28 businesses and only four responded.
Gul Zada of Romario's Pizza, Fosse Road North, said: "We were under different management at the time we were visited. It was a bit messed up, basically. We've got new management, and it's all sorted."
The list of city food outlets published on the internet with zero rating were :
Al Noor, Madras Road, January 10, 2014
Al Sheikh Halal Meat Centre, Narborough Road, April 28, 2014
Amrit Sweet Centre, Green Lane Road, February 13, 2014
Blue Peters Spice, Law Street, August 5, 2014
China Chef, Hinckley Road, March 5, 2014
City Cafe, Upperton Road, February 26, 2014
Doner Master, Narborough Road, October 16, 2013
Kebabish Original, Uppingham Road, June 3, 2014
Kebabish Original, Belgrave Road, June 2, 2014
Mardin Kebab, Narborough Road, August 12, 2014
Mario's Chippery, Braunstone Gate, March 21, 2014
Maryland Chicken, Evington Road, July 2, 2014
Mobius, Braunstone Gate, March 7, 2014
Munch Munch, Narborough Road, February 3, 2014
Pak Foods, Uppingham Road, November 18, 2013
Peri-Peri Original, Narborough Road, October 22, 2013
Peri-zza, Victoria Road East, May 7, 2014
Quba Restaurant, Brunswick Street, July 30, 2014
Queens Pizza, Narborough Road, October 15, 2013
Roble's Cafe, Madras Road, May 29, 2014
Romario's Pizza, Fosse Road North, July 10, 2014
Sahara Tandoori, Narborough Road, August 6, 2014
Sartaj Sweet Centre, Narborough Road, January 28, 2014
Starz, Narborough Road, April 1, 2014
The Charny Public House, Spinney Hill Road, August 2, 2014
The Delhi Box, Fosse Road North, April 29, 2014
Toro's Steakhouse, Highfield Street, June 9, 2014
Yummy's Pizza, Abbey Street, January 30, 2014
These are the latest ratings as published on the Food Standards Agency website.
If your establishment has since had a new inspection please email a copy of the new certificate to newsdesk@leicestermercury.co.uk
