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Sophie Brownson

Whitburn Golf Club's anger after mistake sees them have one star food hygiene rating when they were awarded five

A South Tyneside golf club is furious after the wrong food hygiene inspection result was published on the Food Standards Agency website stating it had a one star rating when it had actually received five stars.

Whitburn Golf Club on Lizard Lane was awarded a five star rating following an inspection by South Tyneside Council in March of this year. However, a mistake by tjhe council saw their result appear as a one star rating on the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website.

Clubhouse manager Karen Finlayson said she was only alerted to the error after receiving calls from concerned customers who had read a Chronicle Live story about low food hygiene ratings in the North East. She quickly contacted the FSA to find out what happened and was told it was the result of an error.

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