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Southend Council shuts takeaway after raw sewage found in kitchen
8:00pm Friday 30th November 2012 in News
Southend takeaway closed after sewage found in kitchen
A FAST food restaurant has been closed down after staff were found wading in raw sewage while preparing food in the kitchen.
Southend Council’s environmental health officers were left stunned when they carried out a routine spot check on Krisspy(cor) Fried Chicken at 68 London Road, Southend. The place was shut down straight away.
A note, currently in the shop window, states it has been closed due to sewage leaking from a faulty toilet and broken pipe.
The notice concludes: “It is considered that foods are exposed to a serious risk of contamination.”
A council spokesman said the owner Umer Walli appeared to have made no attempt to rectify the problem before opening up to unsuspecting customers.
This comes just a week after Mr Walli of Hainault Avenue, Westcliff, pleaded not guilty at Southend Magistrates’ Court to five offences concerning the takeaway - he will appear at crown court on December 12.
Southend Council had issued five failure to comply enforcement notices concerning the times the outlet opened and the failure to remove an unauthorised extractor fan.
It was during a routine check to see if these notices had now been complied with that the filthy kitchen was discovered.
A council spokesman said: “Officers found sewage on the kitchen floor from a sewer but they were still trading!”
“It was considered to be a risk to public health and the premises was closed immediately.
“The problem has to be rectified and the premises must be thoroughly disinfected before it can open again. We won’t allow it to open otherwise.”
A defiant Mr Walli said: "We had a minor gutter problem that has now been sorted.
"I am 21-years-old and I bought this business on August 15 last year and since then the council has treated me really badly.
"I don't know what the council has against me or perhaps the previous owner, but they have made being here difficult.
"I am taking the council to court."
A hearing took place at Southend Magistrates’ court relating to the council’s closure of the premises using a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order.
Comments(45)
j-w
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8:26pm Fri 30 Nov 12
mikepaterson
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9:06pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Whilst disgusting, I doubt very much that the "staff were found wading in raw sewage "
By my reckoning that would mean 2-3 foot of raw sewage in the kitchen.
Come on Echo you can do better!
echoforum
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9:22pm Fri 30 Nov 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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9:23pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Aint it just the truth
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9:47pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Test Tickle
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10:55pm Fri 30 Nov 12
nomoretogo
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6:06am Sat 1 Dec 12
Brunning999
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9:08am Sat 1 Dec 12
Hopefully they will be fined such an amount that they will be forced into bankruptcy.
I have no time for these people who often have no training, no qualifications and often come from the third world and believe they can trade like in India etc, that is not racist just fact.
Brunning999
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9:11am Sat 1 Dec 12
Eric Whim
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9:28am Sat 1 Dec 12
echoforum wrote:beat me to it!
I've eaten chicken there on a few occasions and wonder what the secret was to their famous KRISSPY coating ...now I know.
Rochford Rob
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9:39am Sat 1 Dec 12
Brunning999 wrote:They are mobile and the regulatory authorities are only concerned should they obstruct the highway. When I had a small business the Food Safety bods visited regularly, all staff were trained at my expense and records had to be kept.
Sorry should have mentioned what about these mobile burger kebab vans parked in laybys etc they do not even have toilets please please do them next!!!!
As for Mr Walli, another of those recently arrived to 'enrich us' - with E-Coli mainly by the sound of it.
Expect him to flourish the 'race card' shortly.
saddo99
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9:56am Sat 1 Dec 12
reptile
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10:37am Sat 1 Dec 12
Nebs
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11:37am Sat 1 Dec 12
http://ratings.food.
gov.uk/search/en-GB?
sm=1
Is it still the case that a change of ownership wipes the slate clean as far as food hygiene ratings are concerned. If, for example, another member of the family took over the business then no explanation of this closure would be available to the public as the closure did not relate to the new owner.
Don't know if they have changed the rules, but this used to happen quite a bit, as soon as you were closed or got a 1 star rating the business changed hands, thereby removing the old rating, and the new owner cleaned the place up and then applied for their own rating.
largo1
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11:57am Sat 1 Dec 12
colsmith
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12:19pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
Eric Whim
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12:22pm Sat 1 Dec 12
colsmith wrote:is the khasi on the roof?
21 years of age....."Don't know what the Council has against me"...Now the dirty little scrout will no doubt play the race card. Lock the disgusting little s*it up and chop both his bloody hands off...How can a gutter problem cause raw crap to be in the kitchen??
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
sosad 1
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2:24pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Brunning999 wrote:brunning youok i agree with you again wishing the big c on anyone not nice
asbo industries inc wrote:That ain't nice!
if you choose to eat the scheiss these purveyors of bowel cancer dish up you deserve everything you get.
You R- Sole.
Devils Advocate
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4:59pm Sat 1 Dec 12
mikepaterson wrote:"Echo dramatising the story?" I think on this single occasion the Echo has been perhaps a little understated!
I guess the standard Eco poetic license applies to pump a story up.
Whilst disgusting, I doubt very much that the "staff were found wading in raw sewage "
By my reckoning that would mean 2-3 foot of raw sewage in the kitchen.
Come on Echo you can do better!
You are considered wading if the water covers any part of the upper of your shoe. Ask any shoe shop if your shoes let in water.
But surely, you only have to read the 21 year old's side of this story to form your opinion. "It's not my fault" seems not to be limited to the post 1960-born English people then!
A manger he may be. Facing his responsibilities he is not! Fry him in his own rancid oil and be done with him!
asbo industries inc
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5:02pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Devils Advocate
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5:03pm Sat 1 Dec 12
asbo industries inc wrote:Why sinle out the Welsh?
maybe you should be a bit more conscious of the crapp you shovel into your body. cue library pictures of whales eating greasy takeaways on street corners
Devils Advocate
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5:04pm Sat 1 Dec 12
This Windows 8! :(
asbo industries inc
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5:07pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Devils Advocate wrote:the life expectancy of males living in the govan in glasgow is 55. principally because they eat this every day. masters of own own destiny??
asbo industries inc wrote:Why sinle out the Welsh?
maybe you should be a bit more conscious of the crapp you shovel into your body. cue library pictures of whales eating greasy takeaways on street corners
SpiffSpaffington1984
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5:08pm Sat 1 Dec 12
ddf35
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5:13pm Sat 1 Dec 12
They replied that the data held on the site was out of date and inaccurate and they felt it was better to take it down until it could be updated. This is what they said
"We changed our database for all Regulatory Services a few months ago and unfortunately the old information did not transfer automatically. The process of inputting data into the new database manually for all premises is taking longer than was first thought and the method of uploading ratings to the Food Standards Agency site requires information for all of our premises to be on the system. We have been aware that for some time, more and more of our displayed FHRS ratings have become inaccurate. Accordingly we have asked the Food Standards Agency to temporarily remove our data from the FHRS site. We are fully behind the aims of FHRS and want to get back on to it as soon as possible. In the mean time businesses are still given their stickers and certificates showing their FHRS rating which they are encouraged to display voluntarily in order to inform customers. I hope that you and other Southend residents will be able to access this important information again soon."
This is fair enough, but you cant make an informed choice of where to visit, or what take away or restaurant to use from your own home, or ahead of time. You have to be there to look at the window. I hope they sort it soon.
asbo industries inc
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5:18pm Sat 1 Dec 12
ddf35 wrote:it's a here today, gone tomorrow deep fried chicken junk food sewer. what further information could you possibly require?
Nebs - I emailed SBC about why the ratings for southend were not appearing on the food.gov.uk/ratings as I use the service quite often.
They replied that the data held on the site was out of date and inaccurate and they felt it was better to take it down until it could be updated. This is what they said
"We changed our database for all Regulatory Services a few months ago and unfortunately the old information did not transfer automatically. The process of inputting data into the new database manually for all premises is taking longer than was first thought and the method of uploading ratings to the Food Standards Agency site requires information for all of our premises to be on the system. We have been aware that for some time, more and more of our displayed FHRS ratings have become inaccurate. Accordingly we have asked the Food Standards Agency to temporarily remove our data from the FHRS site. We are fully behind the aims of FHRS and want to get back on to it as soon as possible. In the mean time businesses are still given their stickers and certificates showing their FHRS rating which they are encouraged to display voluntarily in order to inform customers. I hope that you and other Southend residents will be able to access this important information again soon."
This is fair enough, but you cant make an informed choice of where to visit, or what take away or restaurant to use from your own home, or ahead of time. You have to be there to look at the window. I hope they sort it soon.
ddf35
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5:28pm Sat 1 Dec 12
in regards to that particular place, i think most people would look at the place in question and not go there, but you wouldnt know if you were ordering take away from not right in front of it. Which is my point, there is no need to be so condescending :-/
muffindamule
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6:29pm Sat 1 Dec 12
saddo99 wrote:A few years ago I would have agreed with you but I once asked the proprietor of an Indian restaurant in Billericay if i might take a look at his kitchen. The reason I gave (and a true one) was that I had been interested in Indian cooking for a long time and would like to see how the proffesionals go about it. To my surprise, the proprietor not only agreed to show me his kitchen but also gave me a guided tour and explained the various methods employed there. The kitchen was not only clean and well organised but the staff (I believe there were four cooks on duty at the time) were kitted out in clean aprons and chef's hats. Whilst this may well not be the case in some other restaurants I now eat at this particular place quite regularly and have no qualms whatsoever regarding hygiene. The food is jolly tasty too. I recommend the Chicken Dhansak.
Why is anyone surprised? You,d probably get a shock if you went into any kitchen in any restaurant. I only eat what I prepare for myself.
Nebs
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11:18pm Sat 1 Dec 12
ddf35 wrote:Thanks for the info.
Nebs - I emailed SBC about why the ratings for southend were not appearing on the food.gov.uk/ratings as I use the service quite often.
They replied that the data held on the site was out of date and inaccurate and they felt it was better to take it down until it could be updated. This is what they said
"We changed our database for all Regulatory Services a few months ago and unfortunately the old information did not transfer automatically. The process of inputting data into the new database manually for all premises is taking longer than was first thought and the method of uploading ratings to the Food Standards Agency site requires information for all of our premises to be on the system. We have been aware that for some time, more and more of our displayed FHRS ratings have become inaccurate. Accordingly we have asked the Food Standards Agency to temporarily remove our data from the FHRS site. We are fully behind the aims of FHRS and want to get back on to it as soon as possible. In the mean time businesses are still given their stickers and certificates showing their FHRS rating which they are encouraged to display voluntarily in order to inform customers. I hope that you and other Southend residents will be able to access this important information again soon."
This is fair enough, but you cant make an informed choice of where to visit, or what take away or restaurant to use from your own home, or ahead of time. You have to be there to look at the window. I hope they sort it soon.
bongking
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1:47pm Sun 2 Dec 12
Devils Advocate
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3:31pm Sun 2 Dec 12
r6keith
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9:40am Mon 3 Dec 12
saddo99 wrote:Living life in the fast lane then ? Cars and planes crash do you drive and fly ? Im sorry but feel the blanket no eating out system you are using is just to extreme , lifes to short live a little.
Why is anyone surprised? You,d probably get a shock if you went into any kitchen in any restaurant. I only eat what I prepare for myself.
Alekhine
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1:31pm Mon 3 Dec 12
pixiewixie
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3:00pm Mon 3 Dec 12
"I am taking the council to court."
So are we to understand from this that it is the councils fault he had sewage in his kitchen and the councils fault that he chose to ignore the obvious health risks to potential customers and carry on trading! As to taking them to court, on what grounds - protecting the public health.
eddicaine
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6:38pm Mon 3 Dec 12
Antonius
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11:33am Tue 4 Dec 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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4:02pm Tue 4 Dec 12
asbo industries inc
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9:30pm Tue 4 Dec 12
Alekhine wrote:good point white trousers for a brown trouser dinner - not the best planning
The customer in the picture has made the unfortunate choice of white trousers.
Mixed Pickles
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9:43pm Tue 4 Dec 12
Antonius
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10:49pm Tue 4 Dec 12
it often means the council have closed it.
Vegan Future
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1:30am Wed 5 Dec 12
Mixed Pickles
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7:44am Wed 5 Dec 12
Vegan Future wrote:A nutty idea !
Sewage you like fries with that? Meat, eggs and dairy products are the number one source of food poisoning in the UK. For the animals and your health, go vegan.
pixiewixie
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11:19am Wed 5 Dec 12
Alekhine
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12:56pm Wed 5 Dec 12
Vegan Future wrote:make sure you wash those lentils.
Sewage you like fries with that? Meat, eggs and dairy products are the number one source of food poisoning in the UK. For the animals and your health, go vegan.
supershrimper says...
8:23pm Fri 30 Nov 12