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Pub owner admits hygiene offences

Thee was rotting food and E. coli on the dish cloths

The owner of a pub in Cullompton has admitted six food hygiene offences.

Inspectors searched the White Hart in October 2018 - where they were met by violations including rotting food, E.Coli on the dish cloths and an overflowing waste bin.

The pub closed down again last July after standards lapsed once more. It is now reopen, but currently has a food rating of zero.

Owner Jade Tadman will be sentenced on the 14th of February.

Cabinet Member for Community Well-being, Councillor Dennis Knowles, said:

“We're committed to ensuring food standards remain high throughout Mid Devon to safeguard our residents and visitors, and we won't hesitate to utilise the full range of regulatory interventions available to us when tackling high-risk, illegal or poor performing food businesses.

“Given the severity of the conditions in this particular case, both our Public Health and Legal teams did an excellent job intervening and bringing about a closure, followed by a successful prosecution, thereby preventing any members of the public from becoming extremely ill, or worse still losing their lives.”

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