A restaurant owner has been fined in court for failing to improve standards and display hiszero food hygiene rating .
Shafa Shah who runs the Simla Indian restaurant in Llangollen was ordered to pay £2,367 after pleading guilty to the offences.
He was brought before the court for failing to display his food hygiene rating and not complying with two improvement notices served by Denbighshire Council .
Officers say the eaterie had been scored as zero for “some time.”
It was inspected on September 21, 2015 and despite improvement notices being issued, the work was not carried out.
Now the local authority is warning food businesses not to follow suit.
Councillor David Smith, cabinet member for public protection, said: “Every business involved in the supply and preparation of food must display their food hygiene ratings in prominent position, to inform the public.
“It’s not a choice, it’s the law.
“The majority of food businesses comply and display their ratings properly.
“It also gives reassurances to law abiding businesses that we are tackling problems with businesses that are non-compliant.
“However, in this particular case, Mr Shah didn’t display the ratings and didn’t carry out the necessary work we had requested following our inspection of the premises.
“As a result, the council decided it was in the public interest to take the serious issue of non-compliance through the courts.”
He added: “The food hygiene ratings are in place to allow the public to see for themselves the standards of hygiene and for the consumer to make an informed choice on their use of that particular business.
"This is a scheme that we are fully signed up to in Denbighshire and we have informed all of our food businesses that they must comply with the law”.
The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) helps you choose where to eat out or shop for food by telling you how seriously the business takes their food hygiene standards.
The scheme is run by local authorities and applies to restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, supermarkets and other food shops.
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/owner-llangollens-simla-indian-restaurant-11793305
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