UK: Pizza parlour’s second hygiene lapse - (Suffolk Evening Star)
November 25, 2007 – 11:28 pmhttp://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED23%20Nov%202007%2015%3A41%3A29%3A637
Mouldy cheese and out-of-date prawns were, according to this story, discovered in the fridge at Milano Pizzeria in Norwich Road, Ipswich, along with an open drain in a corridor.
Officers from Ipswich Borough Council’s Food Safety Team threatened owner Aspasia Synadinou with a £5,000 fine and closure after they recorded a new catalogue of dangerous problems. They gave the restaurant two months to clean up its act after they found:
Mouldy cheese and out-of-date prawns in the toppings chiller
Ovens, mixers, surfaces, walls and five separate floors “dirty and covered in food”
Dirty clothes, bags of rubbish and shoes “encrusted with food” left around the premises, along with dirty cloths
The toilet, floor and wall tiles broken, causing the growth of mould and the potential pooling of stagnant water
The back door to the restaurant damaged with a large hole potentially allowing entry for pests
Lids used for storing dough and toppings mouldy and melted, paint flaking […]
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