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Curry
House's £30k Fine For Dirty Kitchen |
A
well-known Manchester restaurant chain has been fined £30,000
for five breaches of food safety law.
The Shere Khan
branch, in the Trafford Centre, had an unclean floor and service area
in the kitchen, unclean toilets and a lack of hot water for washing
hands or materials, when an inspector visited in March 2005.
Fittings and
equipment were also not clean or in good condition, causing a risk of contamination.
Owners Shere
Khan Restaurants, pleaded guilty to five food hygiene offences at
Trafford Magistrates Court. They were given a caution for food
hygiene offences at the same outlet in 2002.
The company
said in a statement: "None of its restaurants have ever
previously been prosecuted for breach of health and hygiene
regulations or have ever been the subject of any claims of food
poisoning or other health risks.
"Shere
Khan has undertaken a full refurbishment of its Trafford Centre
restaurant, investing over £100,000 in brand new equipment and
facilities. The manager, assistant manager and head chef were
replaced last year."
Shere Khan has
become one of the north west's most successful restaurant chains
since opening its first outlet in Manchester's "curry mile"
in Rusholme in 1987.
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