Derby city centre restaurant fined £10k for string of food hygiene offences

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The owner of a Derby city centre restaurant has been fined £10,000 for a string of food hygiene offences. The Good Mood and Food Company, owner of The Kitchen, in Sadler Gate, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with five requirements concerning food safety and hygiene. The breaches relate to a visit from a Derby City Council inspector on 27 November 2018. The restaurant has since been awarded a four out of five rating. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how the inspector observed out of date food being relabelled and stored away. High risk foods were kept beyond the three day time limit, and raw products and ready to eat foods were not stored separately. The shelf life applied to certain foods were too long and no documented food safety management systems had been implemented. The venue, which had previously received three consecutive one-star hygiene ratings, was given a zero-star hygiene rating as a result of the inspection. Suma Akhtar, prosecuting, said that during the inspection on 27 November, the chef told the hygiene officer he would re-date and re-label food if it looked “satisfactory”.