A HEREFORDSHIRE Indian restaurant has been told improvement is needed in the latest round of food hygiene inspections.
All businesses handling food in the county are regularly checked by local authority food hygiene inspectors.
Businesses are rated out of five, with five being the highest score and zero meaning urgent improvement is necessary.
They are rated on their handling of food, the cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings including layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control, and their systems and checks to ensure food sold or served is safe to eat, and evidence that staff know about food safety.
Taste of India, Leominster
Rating: two out of five on June 16
Hygienic food handling: improvement necessary
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: generally satisfactory
Management of food safety: generally satisfactory
What this rating means overall: improvement necessary
Mowchak, Commercial Road, Hereford
Rating: three out of five on June 14
Hygienic food handling: generally satisfactory
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: generally satisfactory
Management of food safety: generally satisfactory
What this rating means overall: generally satisfactory
Big Trev's Snack Bar, A49 layby
Rating: three out of five on June 10
Hygienic food handling: generally satisfactory
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: generally satisfactory
Management of food safety: generally satisfactory
What this rating means overall: generally satisfactory
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Ye Olde Steppes, Pembridge
Rating: five out of five on July 12
Hygienic food handling: good
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: very good
Management of food safety: very good
What this rating means overall: very good
The Mighty Soft Shell Crab, mobile caterer
Rating: five out of five on July 12
Hygienic food handling: good
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: very good
Management of food safety: good
What this rating means overall: very good
Fountain Inn, Orcop
Rating: five out of five on July 8
Hygienic food handling: very good
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: very good
Management of food safety: very good
What this rating means overall: very good
Royal Arms, Llangrove
Rating: five out of five on July 8
Hygienic food handling: very good
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: good
Management of food safety: very good
What this rating means overall: very good
Merton House Hotel, Ross-on-Wye
Rating: five out of five on July 7
Hygienic food handling: very good
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: very good
Management of food safety: very good
What this rating means overall: very good
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