Full report details what health inspectors found at branch of sandwich giant in city
Health inspectors have ordered the management of a Liverpool Subway branch to remove mouse droppings after slapping the branch with a zero rating for food hygiene. The Subway store in Sefton Street in Dingle was visited by environmental health inspectors from Liverpool City Council on November 4 and has been awarded the lowest possible rating for food hygiene.
The ECHO has now received the official inspection report from that visit details what those inspectors found and the concerns they had that caused them to slap the business with a zero rating for food hygiene. In the written report, inspectors ordered staff to ‘discard any open food in the kitchen and front counter area due to the possibility of contamination’ and to ‘deep clean the walk in chiller’. The Subway
The inspectors also reported finding mouse droppings and pest activity inside the Subway building. The report orders the team to ‘thoroughly clean and disinfect all structure and equipment surfaces and to ‘remove all mouse droppings to monitor for any new signs of activity. The branch also received the lowest score for the section of the report covering structural requirements.
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The branch also received the lowest possible score for the inspectors ‘confidence in management/controls’ with orders to: “Carry out any pest treatments necessary to remove activity from food preparation storage and handling areas.”
Following the inspection, the Subway branch was slapped with a zero rating for food hygiene and told that urgent improvements were required. The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme gives businesses a rating from 5 to 0 which is displayed at their premises and online so consumers can make more informed choices about where to buy and eat food.
A rating of five means hygiene standards are very good, four means standards are good, while three says that the standards are generally satisfactory. A rating of two suggests that some improvement is necessary while one demands major improvements. A rating of zero means inspectors believe that urgent improvement is necessary at that particular venue.
The scheme is set out in law in Wales and Northern Ireland but display of the rating sticker is voluntary in England. Subway was approached for a response.
