AN Indian restaurant business has pleaded guilty to 13 food safety violations including failing “to control pests” and failing to ensure food was protected from “any contamination likely to render the food unfit for human consumption, injurious to health or contaminated in such a way that it would be unreasonable to expect it to be consumed in that state.”

Court listings show 13 pleas were entered by Luthfa Tandoori Ltd and relate to the Tandoori Mahal Restaurant at 24-26 King Street, Wallasey. The charges relate to offences under Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 around the cleanliness and the condition of the restaurant, protection of food against contamination, pest control, food handling, and training.

Two other cases are linked and all are being prosecuted by Wirral Borough Council. Court listings show Ajmol Ali, of Seabank Road, Wallasey has pleaded guilty to 13 charges under Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.

These include failing to have proper procedures in place to control pests at the restaurant, supervision of those handling food, and failing to ensure it was “kept clean and were maintained in good repair and condition.” Guilty pleas were also entered relating to failures over the layout, design, construction, and size of the restaurant “to permit good food hygiene practices, including protection from contamination, and in particular pest control” and protecting food against contamination.

Roushanara Begum, of Mill Lane, Wallasey, has pleaded guilty to six charges under food safety and hygiene regulations. These include failing to ensure the premises was kept clean, failing to ensure food was protected against contamination, and failing to ensure food handlers were supervised, instructed or trained in food hygiene issues.

At a hearing at Wirral Magistrates Court on November 28, the case was adjourned until January 16, 2025 to be held in the same court in front of a district judge.