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From the http://www.kentonline.co.uk. By Danny Boyle. 27 February 2012.
Owners of Ash pub fined over filthy kitchen.
A pub has been fined after inspectors found its kitchen had filthy
floors, mouldy equipment... and 25-day-old chilli.
A series of disgusting discoveries were made during a routine
inspection at the "Anchor and Hope" pub, in South Ash Lane, Ash.
Pub owner Cawdor Country Inns Limited has been ordered to pay a total
of £4,850 by magistrates after pleading guilty to four food hygiene
offences.
The company was prosecuted by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
after environmental health officers found:-
Found unfit for human consumption, including 25-day-old chilli con
carne with slimy white growths on the surface; 15-day-old cooked chicken
with a slimy surface that had a greenish/yellow tinge; a six-week-old
box of baby tomatoes in oil that looked discoloured and slimy with
patches of greenish mould growth; and tomato paste with chillies and
herbs for making curries that had lots of white furry patches of mould.
Dirty scales and blender parts. The interior of the ice machine was
covered with black mould and other pink growths.
The premises was generally dirty, especially kitchen floors, walls,
doors, door handles, microwave and sinks. The external vegetable store
had a leaking roof, there were signs of damp and rotting vegetables and
there were holes on either side of the door that could allow vermin to
enter.
Poor stock rotation checks as well as smoked salmon and mussels with
confusing and inadequate labelling that had been kept too long after
defrosting.
Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court heard the pub had been given food
hygiene warnings and advice before the offences were recorded last
February.
Cawdor Country Inns Limited was fined a total of £2,350 and ordered
to pay £2,500 costs after admitting four offences.
These were placing food on the market that is unfit for human
consumption; failure to keep a food premises clean and maintained in
good repair and condition; failure to keep all articles, fittings and
equipment with which food comes into contact clean and, where necessary,
disinfected; and failure to implement and maintain a permanent food
safety management system.
Improvements have since been made to the pub, which is now rated with
two hygiene stars (meaning it is broadly compliant) following an
inspection last August.
Cllr Howard Rogers, cabinet member for environmental services, said:
"I'm pleased to hear that hygiene standards at the "Anchor and Hope"
public house have now improved but the fines imposed by the magistrates
have emphasised the seriousness of the offences, which could have had
serious repercussions for customers." |
