In August 2016, Poundland was fined over £33,000 after inspectors found rodent droppings and food containers soaked in urine at a branch in Luton. Subsequent to allegations of mouse droppings and other rodent activity, Luton Council’s food safety team visited the store at Luton Retail Park and found poor standards of housekeeping and problems with […]
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When you save money, rodents can live better
Who would have thought that Asda, motto Save money. Live better, would allow one of their distributors to store food in an environment where rodents are running riot. And flies too. Maybe they intended to save money on pest control and it cost them dearly. Well, that was the findings by food safety inspectors after […]
You don’t want mouse droppings for toppings on your pizza
We love pizza as much as the next person and often choose our own toppings but we like a choice of healthy ingredients – mouse is not included in the list. Unfortunately a fast food pizza place didn’t share the same philosophy which cost them over £7,500. Two days business takings for some companies can […]
Getting a large fine is not convenient
The owner of a convenience store who had no thought for food hygiene was fined over £6,000. The offenses included pest infestation and dirty food equipment too. Read more about the convenience store fined for pest infestations
The wrong type of fine, when mice come to stay
Officers from a Council’s health food team carried out a routine inspection on a Gastro pub in Surrey and when they followed up they found that no action had been taken. Silly owners – it cost the nearly £14,000 in fines. Read more about the Mouse infestation that landed a Surrey Pub with a £13k […]