Popular Sheffield restaurant told to make major improvements after one-star food hygiene rating

Bosses at the Parthenonas, a Greek restaurant in London Road, have been told major improvements are required after a recent inspection.

The report said that a system of checks needed putting in place to ensure that food was safe to eat and staff understood food safety.

The inspection, carried out on December 5, said the restaurant requires improvement in the following areas:

Hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage – general satisfactory

Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building to enable good food hygiene – good

Management of food safety: System or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future – major improvement necessary.

We have contacted the restaurant for a response to the findings, published on the Food Standards Agency website.

The Food Standards Agency is an independent government department working across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to protect public health and consumers' wider interests in food.

Inspections are carried out on a regular basis at all premises where food is prepared, cooked and served, with ratings given from zero to five, zero being the worst and five being the best.

The scheme is designed to give customers clear information about hygiene standards and is run in partnership with local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.