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| Unappetising - soiled tea towels were use to cover food |
THE owner of a Chinese takeaway has pleaded guilty to food hygiene offences after an inspection found the premises to be in an unacceptable condition.
Environmental health officers from North East Lincolnshire Council carried out a routine food hygiene inspection at China House in Pasture Street, Grimsby, on 17 November 2021.
Officers discovered rat droppings throughout the premises, along with gnawed boxes, urine pools and pest entry points.
They also found dirty cooking utensils, soiled tea towels used to cover food, mouldy food storage containers, poorly located defrosting raw meat, and a chopping board used to prepare raw and ready-to-eat food items.
Cleaning throughout the premises was poor, with build-ups of grease, grime, filth, debris and mould.
High-risk food was being left outside temperature control due to a lack of space in the refrigerators.
Attending the town's magistrates' court last Friday, Wen Yi Cao (50), of Pasture Street, Grimsby, pleaded guilty to 13 offences including failing to have adequate procedures in place and breaching cleanliness and hygiene regulations.
He was fined £358, ordered to pay £850 in court costs and a victim surcharge of £36.
Following the inspection, a temporary closure was imposed on the premises, but this has now been lifted following improvements.
Says a NELC spokesperson: "China House was re-inspected by council officers in January this year.
"Conditions had improved substantially, and it achieved a food hygiene rating of three, indicating broad compliance with food law."
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