The owner of a New Malden food shop has been handed a £5,125 penalty after breaking food safety rules.
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Sooryun Kim who runs Jin Mi in Kingston Road admitted eight food hygiene offences when she appeared before Richmond Magistrates this week.
The offences included failing to control the risk of E.coli contamination by letting customers use the same implements to serve themselves raw and cooked meats, not keeping the premises and equipment clean, no handwashing facilities for staff in the food preparation area and employees not wearing proper overclothes.
The court heard that Kingston Council had spotted problems as long ago as 2006 and had issued Kim with a warning to improve hygiene in March 2010 but she allowed standards to deteriorate as identified on three separate inspections during 2012.
Ms Kim’s lawyer said that she had allowed standards to slip under pressure and had expressed remorse.
Magistrates said that the offences were serious because of the potential risk to public health.
Ms Kim was fined £4,000 (£500 for each offence) and ordered to pay £1,200 costs plus a victim surcharge of £15.
Councillor Simon James, Kingston Council’s Lead Member for Environmental Health and Trading Standards, said:
“I hope that this prosecution sends out a strong message that the council takes any breach of the law and risk to public health extremely seriously. We work with businesses to ensure that they comply with rules and regulations in the interests of consumers.”
