Food Safety: Sushi seller fined for food safety breaches
The owner of a New Malden food shop has been handed a £5,125 penalty after breaking food safety rules.
The owner of a New Malden food shop has been handed a £5,125 penalty after breaking food safety rules.
Research from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed that food, water, chopping boards, cleaning cloths and security wristbands sampled from mobile and outdoor food vendors were contaminated with a range of bacteria including E.coli.
The Food Standards Agency has produced a summary of its research published in February and March 2013. The eight areas of research include an evaluation into reducing the shedding of E.coli in cattle in the UK, the safety of sous vide foods and new approaches for managing foodborne disease outbreaks.
The owner of a Chinese takeaway was fined £5,600 and ordered to pay £1,750 costs after environmental health officers found food and packaging had been gnawed by rats (Photos on Flickr).
Hull City Council has prosecuted a Chinese takeaway for two food hygiene offences. Environmental Health Officers inspected Chamberlain Chinese Takeaway, 18 Chamberlain Road and found that the owner, Mr Kwok Hang Lau, had failed to put in place and implement a documented Food Safety Management System.
A Cowbridge pub has been fined £3,000 for six food hygiene offences, after an investigation by the Vale council’s environmental health team.