\n Rochford Council took swift action to protect public health after discovering what it says were serious hygiene risks found at “The Best Kebab” van in Little Wakering.\n<\/p>\n
\n The food business on Barrow Hall Road has been banned from trading following inspections by Essex Police and Council Environmental Health Officers.\n<\/p>\n
\n Police officers raised concerns after finding the van in an “extremely poor and unsanitary condition”.\n<\/p>\n
\n A full food hygiene inspection by the council uncovered several serious public health risks, including lacking proper handwashing facilities, unsafe food storage, and food kept at incorrect temperatures.\n<\/p>\n
\n Council officers served a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice, stopping the business from trading straight away.\n<\/p>\n
\n This was later confirmed by Southend Magistrates\u2019 Court on September 29, which issued a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order and awarded full legal costs of \u00a32,517.41 to the council.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mike Webb, Rochford councillor for communities, wellbeing and housing committee, said: “This case shows exactly why we have food safety standards and food hygiene inspections in place.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The conditions found inside this van were completely unacceptable and posed a real danger to anyone buying food there.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Food safety isn\u2019t about red tape, it\u2019s about protecting people.\n<\/p>\n
\n “When businesses don\u2019t meet basic hygiene standards, they put the public at risk, and we will always act quickly to stop that from happening.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019d like to thank our officers and the police for working together to keep our district safe.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Food safety regulations are in place to protect residents from harm. When food is not prepared or stored safely, it can cause serious illness.\n<\/p>\n
\n Strict hygiene standards and enforcement are in place to ensure that everyone in the district can eat with confidence, knowing that food businesses are operating safely.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents who have concerns about the cleanliness or safety of a food business in the district can report it directly to the Council\u2019s Environmental Health Team.\n<\/p>\n
\n Reports can be made online at www.rochford.gov.uk\/foodsafety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochford Council took swift action to protect public health after discovering what it says were serious hygiene risks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-201087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}