Britain's worst area for food standards can be revealed today after an investigation by MailOnline.
Analysis of data from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Office for National Statistics has uncovered the rate of businesses with zero-star food standards according to location per 100,000 population.
MailOnline understands that the FSA believes all firms should be able to achieve the top five-star rating and thinks business should be aiming for at least a three-star rating or above.
Yet data uncovered a slew of councils with zero stars, meaning food standards inspectors deemed 'urgent improvement is required'.
One was worse than all the rest by a long way and when the Mail visited some of the takeaways and shops to blame, it was clear to see why.
