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
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