‘Dirty and greasy’ pub fined £2.5k for food hygiene violations
A Devon pub was ordered to pay £2,500 after a range of potentially dangerous food safety violations were discovered by environmental health officers.
Licensee of the Passage House Inn, Kingsteignton, Roger Haywood pleaded guilty to five violations of the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations 2013 at Torquay Magistrates’ Court on Monday 20 December and was told to pay a total of £2,578 in fines and costs.
The floors of the pub, walls, switches and equipment were “dirty and greasy”, surfaces were in “poor repair”, gone-off food was left in one of the pub’s fridges and there was no evidence of documented food safety management procedures in place.
However, improvements to the pub’s hygiene standards were made since the original inspection, The Morning Advertiser understood last year.
