Director banned after food hygiene prosecutions

Evidence of poor hygiene at Johnny Spice in Wolverhampton

The owner of a Wolverhampton takeaway has been banned from running a food business for two years after being prosecuted for food hygiene failings.

Kobir Ahmed, owner of Johnny Spice and director of Johnny Banqueting, was also ordered to undertake 180 hours of unpaid community work and pay £5,300 at the hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Cllr Steve Evans, cabinet member for city environment at City of Wolverhampton Council said: “Our food safety officers spent a lot of time with Mr Ahmed only for him to ignore their advice and continue to breach food hygiene regulations.

“It would have been significantly cheaper for this food business to have listened to our officers and had proper pest control measures in place.”

Johnny Spice, located at 46 Queen Street, had been trading under unhygienic conditions with evidence of mouse activity and poor levels of cleaning throughout the premises.

Ahmed pleaded guilty to all four offences at an initial hearing last month at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court.

At that sitting, he also received a four-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, a one-month curfew for which he was tagged and monitored and a £950 fine for fly tipping.

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