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