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Magistrates
severely criticised Morshed Abdullah, owner of a takeaway infested by
cockroaches and fined him just over £5,000 according to This is Lancashire.
Environmental
inspectors found the insects crawling in a container of ghee and in a
box of ready-to-eat poppadoms at the Curry Kitchen in Cleggs Lane,
Little Hulton, last July.
They had
called at the curry house to carry out an unannounced food hygiene inspection.
Owner Morshed
Abdullah was prosecuted and last week pleaded guilty at Salford
Magistrates Court to three breaches of food hygiene legislation.
Bruce Jassi,
Strategic Director for Salford City Council's Environment
Directorate, said: "To put the public at risk in this way was
totally unacceptable.
"The
environmental health section works hard with good businesses to
maintain standards, but will take formal action with food premises
that put the health and safety of customers in jeopardy. I hope this
will serve as an example to other premises."
The court
heard that cockroaches were found on food preparation surfaces,
equipment, walls and floors throughout the takeaway.
A Hygiene
Emergency Prohibition Notice was served and the takeaway was closed
immediately due to the imminent risk to public health.
The major
cockroach infestation was made worse by inadequate pest control
procedures and poor cleaning, the court was told.
Mr Abdullah's
takeaway remained closed for six days until officers were satisfied
there was no longer a risk to food safety.
The chairman
of the bench told the defendant that he had failed customers and that
his duty of care was poor to the extreme.
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