Former Telford takeaway owner fined by magistrates
The former owner of a Telford takeaway has been fined £16,000 by magistrates for number of food hygiene and health and safety breaches and banned from managing any food businesses in future.
The charges followed an inspection by Telford & Wrekin Council Environmental Health Officers.
Mr Satinderjit Singh who owned the Kismet 4 in 1, Grange Avenue, Stirchley admitted eight food hygiene offences and two health and safety offences at Telford Magistrates today. The court heard that Mr Singh was subject to a Health & Safety Prohibition Notice in June 2011.
He was fined £8,000 for the food hygiene offences and a further £8,000 for the health and safety offences and was ordered to pay £3,019 costs by magistrates.
The court heard that when Environmental Health Officers visited the Kismet 4 in 1, in June 2011 there was no soap available at any wash hand basins, the floors were dirty, items of equipment were damaged and dirty and there was no disinfectant on the site.
They also found that electrical equipment posed an immediate risk of serious injury to anyone in the kitchen area.
When officers visited the takeaway again in September 2011, no food handlers had any food hygiene qualifications, and a Hygiene Improvement Notice was served requiring this training be provided. However, on a further visit in November 2011 this notice had not been complied with.
The Council had previously issued Mr Singh with two cautions for food hygiene and health and safety breaches in 2007.
Considering the offences and Mr Singh’s previous history, magistrates also granted an application by Telford & Wrekin Council prohibiting Mr Singh from participating in the management of any food business in future.
