A man has been prosecuted at Blackpool Magistrates Court for the SECOND time for food hygiene offences at his promenade restaurant, The Eating Inn.



He pleaded guilty to seven offences last month under the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations 2013 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

Ben Shorrock, aged 32 of 463 Promenade, Blackpool, was fined £5000, ordered to pay costs of £390 and a victim surcharge of £170 on the 3 May 2017. The sentence related to the poor standards of hygiene at premises at 463 Promenade, Blackpool.

Environmental Health officers from Blackpool Council were shocked by their findings during their inspection in September of last year.

Food preparation surfaces had raw and ready to eat food stored and prepared altogether. This along with having no antibacterial cleaner available for surfaces and equipment to be disinfected gives rise to a significant potential for the cross contamination of food poisoning bacteria.

Directly above open foods were adhesive fly strips with dead insects attached. The kitchen was found to be dirty and generally chaotic. Water in the sink where dirty crockery was being rinsed, was grimy and dark brown in colour. The only hand wash basin in the kitchen was obstructed with a colander of defrosting prawns meaning food handlers were not able to wash their hands when preparing food. Onions were stored outside on a dirty floor amongst dirty cleaning equipment.

Mr Shorrock pleaded guilty under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 to misleading the public by displaying a food hygiene rating of four when it was actually rated two.

Shorrock was also prosecuted by Blackpool Council in 2010 for similar offences. He had also been served with various hygiene improvement notices and accepted simple cautions prior to the second prosecution.