should I report them to H&S?

Halloway

OK, so then you phone up the FSA or whomever enforces these standards. What's you evidence? The hearsay evidence of an ex-employee. It's not really a smoking gun, is it? So the inspectors go to the restaurant. Lo and behold they find no evidence of wholesale use-by date abuse, food being dragged around the floor or negligent bread re-use. So they ask the proprietor: have you been abusing use-by dates, floors and bread? No, comes the reply. But, says the inspector, we know someone who knows someone who says that you do... Need I go on?

dizzybuff

Grrrr see below posty , my keyboard has a mind of its own

Amistoso_2

Halloway wrote: »

OK, so then you phone up the FSA or whomever enforces these standards. What's you evidence? The hearsay evidence of an ex-employee. It's not really a smoking gun, is it? So the inspectors go to the restaurant. Lo and behold they find no evidence of wholesale use-by date abuse, food being dragged around the floor or negligent bread re-use. So they ask the proprietor: have you been abusing use-by dates, floors and bread? No, comes the reply. But, says the inspector, we know someone who knows someone who says that you do... Need I go on?[/QUOT


Hmmm
If they wer in breech of any food safety laws and that was apparent when an inspector visited them then I think they would do their job and deal with it in whatever way they see fit?
I didn't say food was dragged around the floor by the way just that they dropped it and then served it (bit dramatic)
So now I know your views on this, thanks again for taking the time to post. but as I said previously I dissagree with what you are saying.

dizzybuff

To be honest , FSA does not need evidence to conduct an inspection. they can just turn up. PLus at some point somneone wil become ill and a full blown inspection will surfice.

FSA and H&S executive have the right to close an establishment if any evidence , hearsay or otherwise comes to light whilst thely conduct an inspection.

Food can kill, if not cooked, stored or used correctly.. Its its a case of not a case of oh we cant do that its a case of we will.

Amistoso_2

Think someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning...

So you wouldn't report them, that's fair enough

dizzybuff

Amistoso wrote: »

Think someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning...

I didn't , just seen the effects of bad food hygene

geri1965_2

Halloway wrote: »

Lo and behold they find no evidence of wholesale use-by date abuse,

If food is being used past it's use by date, they will find evidence in the fridge.

I see no harm in reporting them - if they do not find anything, fair enough. There's no harm done.

If they do find anything, they are usually given a warning and a chance to clean up their act, unless their breaches of H&S are so serious they they warrant an immediate closure - I don't think anyone would object if that was the case.

Halloway

dizzybuff wrote: »

I didn't , just seen the effects of bad food hygene

I presumed that the 'wrong side of the bed' jibe was aimed at me! My point is that in the enormous pantheon of food-based health crime, the ones mentioned by the OP are trivial and probably occur in all restaurants at some time or another.

Halloway

geri1965 wrote: »

I see no harm in reporting them - if they do not find anything, fair enough. There's no harm done.

By that score then, one may as well randomly select a restaurant from the Yellow Pages and report them. If the transgressions reported by the OP represent the entire extent of the restaurant's misdemeanours then (in my experience of how restaurants work) it does not sound like a very badly-run kitchen.

geri1965_2

Halloway wrote: »

By that score then, one may as well randomly select a restaurant from the Yellow Pages and report them. If the transgressions reported by the OP represent the entire extent of the restaurant's misdemeanours then (in my experience of how restaurants work) it does not sound like a very badly-run kitchen.

Well, we will have to disagree then. I do not expect to be given out of date food in a restaurant!