Major improvement is necessary at two Cumbrian pubs after recent food hygiene inspections, according to the Food Standards Agency.

Ratings on the Food Standards Agency website show that two pubs in Cumbria were given a one-out-of-five rating, indicating major issues.

The Royal George Inn on Cross Hill in Workington was given the rating, mainly for its 'management of food safety'.

The agency's website states that its hygienic food handling was good and the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building were 'generally satisfactory', but the management of food safety necessitates 'major improvement'.

The agency describes 'hygienic food handling' as 'hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage'.

Its description of 'cleanliness and condition of facilities and building' is 'cleanliness and condition of facilities and building (including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control) to enable good food hygiene'.

Finally, the agency's description of 'management of food safety' is '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'.

Elsewhere in Cumbria, the Sun Inn in Wigton was given the same score.

The agency's website states that its hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building were 'generally satisfactory', but the management of food safety requires 'major improvement'.

In Maryport, a four-out-of-five rating was issued to Broughton Moor Chippy.

There, the Food Standards Agency found that its hygienic food handling was 'very good', and that the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building was 'good'.

The chip shop's management of food safety was deemed 'generally satisfactory'.