AUSTRALIA: Cockroaches in hotel kitchen - (Adelaide Now)
April 23, 2008 – 9:09 pmhttp://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23590455-5006301,00.html
A leading luxury Adelaide hotel, investigated for a gastroenteritis outbreak which is believed to have affected 50 people, had cockroach-infested kitchens.
The Advertiser can reveal the Stamford Grand Hotel was also found to have had unclean and ill-maintained premises after a January, 2007, inspection by the Holdfast Bay Council. But the seaside resort was not prosecuted, receiving three $2500 fines.
At the time, the Health Department advised doctors of a norovirus outbreak affecting at least 50 people “at a particular venue” but it did not name the Grand.
Independent MP Bob Such, who has been campaigning for greater transparency on food safety, has renewed calls for the State Government to name and shame offending outlets in light of revelations that councils made no prosecutions for breaches of food standards in 2006-07.
Dr Such was quoted as saying, “The fine was just a slap on the wrist. This is another case of SA being the […]
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