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Recently publicised Food Hygiene ratings for Norwich’s restaurants and takeaways have revealed some surprising and unsavoury facts about the city’s eateries, which include several student favourites. According to the Norwich Evening News, some 153 food establishments achieved a rating of 2/5 or lower and some were reported to be infested with “rats and cockroaches”. Thankfully, the Union’s food establishments have all earned a rating of at least 3/5, with the Union Food Outlet and Paper Shop achieving 5/5. Among the restaurants and takeaways to have earned a rating of 2/5 or less (as seen on Norwich City Council’s “Food Hygiene Standards” website) are Lim’s Fish and Chips and Royal Tandoori, both situated on Unthank Road and frequented by students. Observations listed in the public report on Lim’s from July 2012, which achieved a rating of 2/5, revealed that sausages were stored in a “fridge” in the main counter that had an actual temperature of 14C, some
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Philip Thomas of the raw meat being stored had no listed best before or use by date, and the curry cooker, sausage freezer and drinks fridge were considered so dirty that they contravened food hygiene standards. At Royal Tandoori, which achieved the lowest rating of 0/5 or “urgent improvement necessary” as of December 2012, the report stated that ready to eat foods such as lettuce were stored next to raw meat among other crosscontamination risks that could lead to the spread of the potentially-fatal E-coli 0157 bacteria. There was no soap or towel provided in the staff w/c at the time of inspection, and the inspector notes that they suspected the food temperature
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probe had not been wiped down between uses, and that staff were not disinfecting kitchen surfaces often enough. In the main city area, establishments Lola Lo’s and La Tasca achieved 2/5 each in September 2011 and January 2012 reports respectively. The report for Lola Lo’s noted a “growth of black mould” in the ice machine. At La Tasca, the inspector observed mould in the ice-making machine and noted that squid was being defrosted in the same sink where fresh salad and herbs were being washed, without being disinfected between uses - posing a contamination risk. Continued on page four.
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