Zero hygiene rating for pub with encrusted fly killer and E.coli
A historic Northamptonshire pub was hit with a zero hygiene rating after health inspectors found a heavily “encrusted” electronic fly killer, the presence of E.coli and a lack of hand-washing facilities.
Local health inspectors were called to the Sondes Arms in Rockingham after customers tested positive for Norovirus in November last year, according to the Northamptonshire Telegraph.
During the inspection, the local authority found an electronic fly killer heavily encrusted with dead flies and no hot water to a hand basin. E.coli was found in a sample taken from 8 November 2016.
However, many of the grievances recorded by environmental health were rectified while they were at the pub, according to owner Sue Haynes.
