He's been banned from running food premises again after officers found a catalogue of failings including mouldy dough, stale food and dirty tools.
Shrewsbury Crown Court was told that Ziaddin Choudury, who will be 80 on December 8, had been involved in the food industry for 35 years, many of those at Momma's Pizzas in Oakengates, and that problems with its hygiene standards had been picked up by officers since 2011.
Recorder Warner said Choudury, a diabetic who is in poor health having suffered a stroke, posed a low risk of harm or offending in the future. An interpreter was in court to relay the court proceedings to him in the dock. In sentencing Choudury, Recorder Warner said:"You appear really to be in denial the importance of hygiene. These are very serious matters that go back a long way."
They also found raw chicken in a 'filthy' double sink, near a board that was used to chop salad and posed a"risk of cross contamination".Ms Sarginson said it was"risking the development of pathogens harmful to humans".The prosecutor added that electricity had been switched off at night to"save money" and this led to fridges defrosting.Choudury was also accused of using cardboard on surfaces, which cannot be cleaned.
Matthew Kerruish-Jones, mitigating, asked the court to impose a suspended sentence and to realise that Choudury is"not a man of means". He added that Choudury would be 80 next week and had many health problems, including a stroke, being diabetic and having heart problems.Mr Kerruish-Jones added that some improvement had been seen at the shop in the past year, when Choudury's brother helped him improve hygiene ratings from zero to three out of five stars.
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