Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 📍 Lisburn and Castlereagh City

General Merchants

Newtownbreda

Heads up: General Merchants no longer shows up in the latest Food Standards Agency data for Lisburn and Castlereagh City. It may have closed, changed its name or moved. The rating below is the last one the FSA published for it.

Food hygiene rating 4 / 5 · Good

Squeaky clean

General Merchants scored a 4 out of 5 at its last inspection. Tuck in.

The breakdown

Cleanliness & condition Generally satisfactory

Last inspected on 17 November 2021 by Lisburn and Castlereagh City.

What does this rating mean?

General Merchants in Newtownbreda has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good). On the Food Standards Agency scale, 5 is the best and 0 is the worst. A 4 out of 5 is good. Hygiene standards were found to be good at the last inspection, just short of the top mark.

The rating reflects standards found at the last inspection. It is not a verdict on how the food tastes - it scores how well the business manages food safety. How often a place is inspected depends on its risk: lower-rated and higher-risk businesses are revisited more often than spotless ones.

Where is it?

Forestside Shopping Centre,
Newtownbreda,
Down,
BT8 4FX

This is the official Food Standards Agency hygiene badge for General Merchants. The data is published by the FSA under the Open Government Licence.

Who inspects General Merchants?

Food hygiene at General Merchants is inspected by Lisburn and Castlereagh City, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/ or [email protected].

Questions about General Merchants

What is General Merchants’s food hygiene rating?

General Merchants has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (Good), based on its last Food Standards Agency inspection on 17 November 2021.

When was General Merchants last inspected?

General Merchants was last inspected by Lisburn and Castlereagh City on 17 November 2021.

Is a 4 out of 5 hygiene rating good?

A 4 out of 5 is good. Hygiene standards were found to be good at the last inspection, just short of the top mark.

What do the food hygiene scores mean?

The rating combines three checks made on the day of the inspection: how hygienically food is handled, the cleanliness and condition of the premises, and how confident the inspector is that management will keep standards up. A higher overall score, from 0 up to 5, means fewer problems were found.

Has General Merchants closed down?

General Merchants no longer appears in the latest Food Standards Agency data for Lisburn and Castlereagh City, which usually means it has closed, changed name or moved. The rating shown here is the last one the FSA published for it.