HEREFORDSHIRE pubs, restaurants and takeaways have been handed new ratings 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, 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.

Yaks and Yetis, Ross-on-Wye

Rating: five out of five on January 23

Hygienic food handling: good

Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: good

Management of food safety: good

What this rating means overall: very good

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The Butchers Arms, Woolhope

Rating: five out of five on January 19

Hygienic food handling: good

Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: good 

Management of food safety: good

What this rating means overall: very good

The Nags Head Bar and Kitchen, Canon Pyon

Rating: five out of five on January 17

Hygienic food handling: very good

Cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings: good

Management of food safety: good

What this rating means overall: very good

Cloisters Cafe, Hereford Cathedral

Rating: five out of five on January 11

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