Supermarket and Neighbouring Restaurant Fined £10,000

Jun 11, 2010

A supermarket and the restaurant next door have been fined more than £10,000 following inspections by environmental health investigators.

The Thornton Heath Cash and Carry and the neighbouring Swad Restaurant, were forced to close for several days after officers found mouse droppings, gnawed food packaging and holes in the doors and floor, providing easy access for vermin.

The Shop and eatery owners were all handed fines and costs of £3,500 after pleading guilty to three offences under the Food Hygiene Regulations at Croydon Magistrates Court.

Councillor Steve O’Connell, cabinet member for community safety, said:

“Shoppers and diners need to be able to trust that the food they are buying is healthy and uncontaminated.

“The vast majority of businesses in the borough are clean and hygienic, but our food safety team are constantly on the lookout for anyone who is cutting corners and failing to apply the basic rules as people’s lives can be put at risk when standards are allowed to slip”.

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