One in four cafes, snack bars and seafront restaurants in tourist hotspots across France are breaking hygiene rules or serving food unfit for consumption, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.
One in four cafes, snack bars and seafront restaurants in tourist hotspots across France are breaking hygiene rules or serving food unfit for consumption, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.
French health inspectors visiting some 9,400 food establishments found more than 2,600 to be in breach of at least one hygiene rule, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Michel Barnier told Le Parisien daily.
TV Celebrity Chefs Setting a Bad Example to Millions of Viewers
Viewers watch chefs serve up salads without washing the ingredients and often forget to wash their own hands says Layla Jader, a public health consultant from Wales.
Viewers watch chefs serve up salads without washing the ingredients and often forget to wash their own hands says Layla Jader, a public health consultant from Wales.
Thirty-seven establishments were shut down altogether, for failing to meet basic hygiene and food conservation rules, and allowing staff to work in dirty clothes, Monique Eloit of the agriculture ministry's food directorate told AFP.
The number of eateries caught in breach of the rules was similar to last year, but the amount of food seized had more than doubled, she said.
Hygiene Checks on Subhiksha Retail Chain Ordered in Maharashtra
The government of Maharashtra has ordered hygiene checks at the warehouses of the Subhiksha discount retail chain in the state capital of Mumbai.
The government of Maharashtra has ordered hygiene checks at the warehouses of the Subhiksha discount retail chain in the state capital of Mumbai.
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Basic Legal Hygiene Standards Absent at Top UK Food Chains
Britain's largest food chains are not meeting basic legal hygiene standards at the restaurants they run, according to a report.
Britain's largest food chains are not meeting basic legal hygiene standards at the restaurants they run, according to a report.
