A MCDONALD'S branch is among the latest sites in Flintshire to have been given a hygiene rating.

The food hygiene rating scheme gives businesses in England and Wales a rating of 0-5, 5 being the highest, based on their hygiene standards. 

The scheme is run in partnership with local authorities and in Wales businesses are obligated to display their rating. 

The Food Standards Agency's website shows that it was good news for three Flintshire venues in that respect recently.

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The following have been awarded five-star food hygiene ratings recently: 

• McDonald's Restaurant at Gorsedd, Flintshire; rated on October 30.

• Flintshire Foodbank at Yew Tree Farm Sealand Road, Sealand, Flintshire; rated on October 26.

• Sodexo at 2 Sisters Poultry Ltd, Glendale Avenue, Sandycroft, Flintshire; rated on October 12.

The new ratings mean that, of Flintshire's 197 similar establishments with ratings, 169 (86%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.