The rating shows how well the business is doing overall, based on standards found at the time of inspection. The ratings can be found online and on stickers which are displayed at business premises. The back of the sticker and the online rating will also show the date of the inspection by the local authority’s food safety officer.
Ratings are typically given to places where food is supplied, sold or consumed, such as:
- restaurants, pubs and cafes
- takeaways, food vans and stalls
- canteens and hotels
- supermarkets and other food shops
- schools, hospitals and care homes
A food safety officer from the local authority inspects a business to check that it follows food hygiene law so that the food is safe to eat.
At the inspection, the officer will check the following three elements:
- how hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored
- the physical condition of the business –including cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation, pest control and other facilities
- how the business manages ways of keeping food safe, looking at processes, training and systems to ensure good hygiene is maintained. The officer can then assess the level of confidence in standards being maintained in the future
Exemptions
There are two groups of exempt businesses which are inspected by the local authority food safety officer but are not given a food hygiene rating:
- businesses that are low-risk to public health, for example, newsagents, chemist shops or visitor centres selling pre-wrapped goods that do not require refrigeration
- childminders and businesses that offer caring services at home
The Herefordshire based pubs that have received a five out of five rating for Food Hygiene are as follows:
Bell Inn – Tillington
Brewery Inn – Ledbury
Britannia Inn – Hereford
Bunch of Carrots
Carpenters Arms
Casa Lupo
Crown Inn Longtown
Duke’s Head – Leominster
England’s Gate Inn Bodenham
Fountain Inn Ocrop
Full Pitcher – Ledbury
Golden Cross Inn – Sutton St Nicholas
Gordon Bennetts
Green Dragon Bishops Frome
Hereford Rowing Club
Hereford Welsh Club
Hereford Whitecross Club
Imperial Hereford
IPL Sports Bar Leominster
Jacqueline’s Ross-on-Wye
Kings Arms Bromyard
Kings Fee Hereford
Kington Golf Club
Lakeside Bar & Bistro Shobdon
Leominster Sports and Social Bar
Lupa
Majors Arms Bishops Frome
Moody Cow Ross-on-Wye
Motley Hog Brewery
Nags Head Inn Peterchurch
New Harp Inn Hoarwithy
New Inn Fownhope
Orange Tree Hereford
Orles Barn Hotel Wilton
Pandy Inn Dorstone
Prince of Wales Ledbury
Queens Arms Hereford
Premier Inn Blackfriars Hereford
Red Lion Cradley
Rose & Crown Hereford
Royal Arms Llangrove
Royal Oak Norton
Saxtys Hereford
Talbot Ledbury
Temple Bar Ewyas Harold
The Alma Inn Linton Ross-on-Wye
The Baiting House at Upper Sapey
The Balance Inn Luston
The Barrels
The Bay Horse Inn
The Bell Inn
The Boat Inn Whitney on Wye
The Bridge Inn Michaelchurch
The Bridge Inn Kentchurch
The Broadleys Hereford
The Bull Ring Inn – Kingstone
The Bull’s Head Craswall
The Bush Inn
The Butchers Arms Woolhope
The Castlefields
The Comet Inn Madley
The Corners Inn Kingsland
The Cross Inn Eardisland
The Farmers Arms Wellington
The Kings Arms Ross-on-Wye
The Mail Rooms Ross-on-Wye
The Mortimers Cross Inn Leominster
The Mill Race Ross-on-Wye
The Oak at Wigmore
The Oxford Arms Kington
The Plough Inn Hereford
The Plough Inn Little Dewchurch
The Queens Head Kington
The Red Lion Pembridge
The Riverside Bar Symonds Yat
The Royal Oak Kington
The Royal Oak Much Marcle
The Saracens Head Hereford
The Seven Stars Ledbury
Shack Revolution Hereford
The Slip Tavern Much Marcle
The Spread Eagle Hereford
The Sun Inn Winforton
The Three Elms Hereford
Tipsy Kat
The Vaga Tavern Hereford
Walwyn Arms Much Marcle
The Wellington Hereford
White Lion Leominster
The Wye Inn Hereford
Three Horseshoes Allensmore
Three Horseshoes Little Cowarne
Wheatsheaf Inn Fromes Hill
Yates Hereford
Ye Olde Tavern Kington
