Takeaway hand hygiene lapse has disastrous effect on customers

Why hand washing is so important with takeaway food

A lack of hand hygiene had disastrous consequences for 142 customers, many of whom were sick for up to 2 months, reports the Guardian website.

The article focuses on a recent case at Nottingham crown court, where the owners of the Khyber Pass in Hyson Green, Nottingham pleaded guilty to a number of food hygiene offences.

At the heart of the problem was an unusual strain of E coli, for which the “only known reservoir is the human gut”. Prosecuting, Bernard Thorogood is reported as saying

“You realise the way it was transmitted was by use of incorrect hand-washing after using the lavatory to defecate.  A cough can’t do it, a handshake could if it’s an infected hand, which means it was not washed after using the lavatory.”

Of twelve food-handling members of staff at the takeaway, nine were found to have traces of the E coli bacteria.

Judge Jeremy Lea is quoted as saying

“If you make money by supplying cooked food to members of the public, you owe a real duty of care to ensure that people will not be made unwell by your disregard for food safety and hygiene regulations.”

Hand washing for all caterers

Portable units to take with you – wherever food is served!

Ideal for all catering related businesses such as street food suppliers, retailers, farmers’ markets and kiosks, outside catering, fast food outlets, ice cream vendors, coffee kiosks, sandwich bars and all other forms of mobile catering.

TEAL hand wash units are also perfect for customers who use your facilities!