Pub giant fined £180,000 after Croydon Council prosecution
A judge has fined a national brewer £180,000 after Croydon Council prosecuted one of its pubs for having a dirty kitchen, mouse droppings and poor hygiene practices.
May 2019
January 2019
Restaurant fined after mouse infestation
The owners and director of a Croydon restaurant whose kitchen was found littered with mouse droppings have been ordered to pay more than £13,500 after a council prosecution.
May 2018
Fast-track route to a good food-hygiene rating
Food business operators are being given the opportunity, under a recently launched scheme, to apply for a food-hygiene reinspection from Croydon Council at any time.
January 2016
Eating out? Be sure to ask: “Where’s the sticker?”
A green and black sticker bearing a large number 5 is a good indicator that the restaurant or food business in which it is displayed knows about, and takes seriously, the important matter of food hygiene.
Anybody who […]
December 2015
£154,000 fine not such a bargain for 99p Stores
One of the largest fines ever levied for food hygiene-related offences has been imposed on a company operating two Croydon town-centre stores.
Representatives of the 99p Stores in North End and Crown Hill appeared at Croydon Crown Court […]
October 2015
Food safety mayhem in Babylon
Live cockroaches and mice, rodents’ droppings, unacceptable cleaning standards and poor structural conditions saw the manager of a central Croydon restaurant found guilty of 19 food and safety offences.
Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court heard that, in fewer than […]
August 2015
Filthy conditions cost bakery a lot of dough
Mouse droppings, mould and a build-up of dirt, grime and dust led to the voluntary closure of a Croydon bakery – and a financial penalty of more than £8,500.
The slip in hygiene standards at Bloomers Bakery was […]