Chinese restaurant given final hygiene warning
A POPULAR restaurant has been given a final warning by food hygiene inspectors and told to review its entire operations.
Owners of the Jimmy Chung’s all-day Chinese buffet in Inverness have been given until the end of next month to satisfy health regulations or face possible prosecution.
Keith Fung, manager of Jimmy Chung’s, refused to comment yesterday.
But Highland Council’s principal food safety officer Alan Yates confirmed inspectors were closely monitoring the premises following last month’s visit.
A report on the inspection states: "You have failed to identify steps in the operation of this business which are critical to ensuring food safety and you have failed to put in place practices and procedures which would control potential problems."
Jimmy Chung’s has until November 30 to provide evidence it has reviewed its operations, identified significant hazards and has measures in place to control them.
If it fails to do so inspectors will take formal action which could range from serving an improvement notice to reporting the company to the procurator fiscal. However, the restaurant will not be forced to shut.
"Closing down a premises is only something we consider if we feel there is a significant risk to health, which the officer hasn’t found on this particular occasion," Mr Yates said yesterday.
"It was certainly found to be not in the best of conditions and the closure powers are available at any time if we find conditions warrant it."
Inspectors say the restaurant must "reassess its entire operation" due to the high risk of food poisoning because the temperature of food is not checked or monitored.
An earlier inspection found kitchen floors, walls, ceiling vents, fridges and freezers to be dirty and greasy, but these had been cleaned when inspectors returned..
Jimmy Chung’s moved to its present location five years ago. Earlier this year it was fined £5,000 for immigration offences after six men were found to be working there illegally last November.
