A Coventry chip shop has been prosecuted for breaching a list of food hygiene standards, including allowing a blade used in a chipper into a portion of chips.
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Owners Mr Amarjit Bhambra and Mr Davinder Singh Bhambra, were charged on eight counts that took place between the 16 May 2012 and 12 March 2013 relating to Venus Fish Bar, on Holbrook Lane.
They included one count of failing to have a written food safety management system and five counts of failure to comply with a hygiene improvement notice requiring the implementation and maintenance of a written food safety management system.
Other charges included one count of attempting to sell food past its use by date and one incidence of placing unsafe food on the market by selling a potato chip with a piece of embedded blade from a faulty chipper
The issues were initially raised after a routine food hygiene inspection on May 16 2012, which also flagged Southern Fried Chicken being stored at 55 oC when the requirement is 63oC or above.
Mr Bhambra, aged 56, of The Spinney, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, and Mr Singh Bhambra, aged 60, of Leamington Rd, Coventry, pleaded guilty on all counts. Each was ordered to pay £1,950, order to pay costs of £635.50 each, and a victim surcharge of £15 each.
Councillor Phil Townshend, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Equalities, said environmental health officers always tries to work with businesses and prosecution is a last resort.
“The majority of restaurants and takeaways across the city follow the acceptable high levels of hygiene – but any found to be operating below this standard we will prosecute,” he said.
“We take our responsibility seriously and carry out regular hygiene inspections on local restaurants and cafes to ensure the safety of all customers and users in the city.”
