Another Monash restaurant fails Food Safety Act after council inspection
Another Monash eatery has been forced to close after serving food made in unsanitary conditions.
A council inspection found Clayton’s Cafe Student Curries and Pizza restaurant failed to provide safe and clean food premises, leaving the restaurant with a $23,500 bill.
The breaches included inadequate pest control, poor food storage and hand washing facilities.
The council’s environmental health officer found 51 issues on the first inspection in March including no hot water, no hand soap, foods like cheese and yoghurt kept in a broken fridge and a live cockroach sighted in the kitchen.
The former company director of Kamboj Enterprises Pty Ltd, Navdeep Singh, was charged with 28 breaches at the Moorabbin Magistrates Court on August 11.
Mr Singh did not give a plea, or appear in court, and was fined $35,000 with a conviction.
He was also ordered to pay $8000 in costs.
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The company pleaded guilt to 17 charges and was fined $20,000 with a conviction recorded in additional to $4500 in costs.
An annual inspection on March 27 discovered the filthy conditions and resulted in the cafe voluntarily closing for two days to clean and address the issues.
The cafe reopened once council officers were happy with the level of cleanliness and safety required under the Food Safety Act.
The restaurant serves Indo-Pakisanti food and a range of pizzas.
It follows Dumpling Hut Pty Ltd, which owns Glen Waverley’s Raramen, where rodents and pests were found in the premises.
The owners were fined $19,000.
Monash Mayor Paul Klisaris said it was the second successful council prosecution in the past six weeks.
Cr Klisaris said the fines in the Clayton case were “at the higher end of the scale” proving the severity of the breaches.
“It is terrible that they were willing to take such risks with the health of their customers,” Cr Klisaris said.
“I do wish to reassure people that the vast majority of food businesses in Monash have high standards of cleanliness and customer care.
“Council will continue to be rigorous in its food inspections and we will prosecute any business that does not respect the health of its customers.”
The Waverley Leader has contacted the store for comment.
Originally published as Dirty habits close restaurant
Source: Waverley Leader, Christine McGinn, 21st August 2015
Originally published as: Another Monash restaurant fails Food Safety Act after council inspection
