Feral Pigeons at Oxford Greggs store prove to be a pest

Environmental Health Officers were called in to the Greggs store in Oxford following reports that pigeons had forced a Greggs shop to throw away food and close for business. The shop in Headington, Oxford had reported feral pigeons invading…

All food to be destroyed at Vars store in Hessle Road, West Hull because of mouse infestation

The entire stock of a food store in West Hull  had to be destroyed due to the discovery of a mouse infestation. Hull City Council's EHO  closed the Polish VARS Store immediately and seized the entire contents for destruction after the mouse…

A Chinese restaurant in Coventry has been fined £1000

The Fortune Garden in Tile Hill Lane in Coventry was fined more than £1,000 after pleading guilty to several food hygiene offences following rodent infestations. Rat droppings were found in the food store, kitchen, toilet, and rear yard…

Cake Factory Outlet and Clearance Cakes Direct issue recall after Food Standards Agency visit

After a FSA visit to the manufacturing premises of Cake Factory Outlet and Clearance Cakes Direct of  Boldon, a recall notice has been issued due to mould, expired label dates and a rat infestation. Many items are re-branded by the firm…

Anger at pigeon droppings on city hospital handrail

PIGEON droppings have been left to accumulate on a handrail used by patients at a Glasgow hospital. One 84-year-old man who was attending the Royal Infirmary for an eye scan ended up with his hands covered in the mess. Alexander Wardrop, from…

Mouse infestation gets grocer taken to court

  Environmental Health Officers have served an notice on a Halal food store to stop it using a mouse infested area. The Barkat Food Store in Derby Street, Bolton The Health inspectors say that food contamination in the area was imminent…

Sandwich manufacturer in Glasgow shut down because of huge rodent problem

Unexpected closure of sandwich manufacturer after the Environmental Health Offices find a huge rodent problem onsite The Glaswegian sandwich business was closed by the Glasgow Environmental Health Officers discovered a huge ongoing mouse…

Indian restaurant fined £3000 for rodent infestation

The restaurant in Lincoln is being taken to court for fourteen breaches of the hygiene laws, one being an infestation of mice. Abdul Samad of the Sarga Indian Restaurant was fined £3000. The Sarga had a serious infestation of mice and food…

A £40,000 fine for a mouse infested bakery in Luton

Luton magistrates court fined a local bakery £40,000 for running a appallingly unhygienic business. Environmental Health Officers inspected Meads Bakery and found hygiene related problems aswell as a serious mouse infestation. The owner…