Inspectors found flies and mould in dirty premises

DIRTY: a sink in the Royton Tandoori

A ROYTON takeaway guilty of nine breaches of health and safety has been fined £4,500.

Mohammed Ullah, manager of Naz’s Limited — which trades as the Royton Tandoori — appeared at Oldham Magistrates’ Court yesterday for sentence. Company bosses pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

The Oldham Road takeaway was found in breach of basic health and safety following a routine inspection in August, 2011.

The court heard flies were found swarming around food preparation areas while the UV fly killer was so full, dead flies were falling to the kitchen below.

One member of staff revealed he cleaned the kitchen with furniture polish, and inspectors found mould on a scored and cracked chopping board. The kitchen had no cleaning rota or food safety management system in operation.

Raw meat was stored with cooked food and inspectors also found a bucket of cooked meat waiting to be reheated.

The chef said he checked food was cooked properly with a thermometer — but couldn’t find the thermometer.

Staff wore dirty clothes and the back of the shop was littered with settees, wheelie bins and pizza boxes.

Ruth Crimmins, prosecuting revealed the business had previously been warned over health and safety issues in 2003, 2006 and 2009.

Magistrates fined the company £500 for each of the nine offences and ordered it to pay £1,000 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

Chairman of the bench, Jacqui Knowles, said: “We’re pleased that since the inspection, standards have improved and you have been awarded three stars.”


THE problems which arose were a “temporary deviation” from the takeaway’s normal standards, the court heard.
Atiyah Malik, defending, explained circumstances had caused standards to briefly slip but have since been put right.

She said: “It’s not that they didn’t have systems in place, they did. But by pleading guilty they accept they weren’t up to standard.”

She said the problem with flies was an isolated incident, and problems with cleaning supplies were also unfounded - the business had documentation proving regular deliveries of cleaning products.

Dirty uniforms were caused by dry cleaners failing to deliver clean uniforms that week.

The business, owned by Mr Ullah’s son, Shueb Ahmed, has since undergone major refurbishment and a consultancy was hired to bring the business up to standard.


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