A RESTAURATEUR who painted over a dead rat on the floor instead of cleaning it up has been fined $30,000 for gross breaches of the food standards code.
But the Gold Coast eatery remains open for business, despite being previously shut down and fined for similar offences.
Jo's Brasserie in the Oasis shopping centre at Broadbeach, owned by fallen Surfers Paradise property tycoon Theo Morris, was the site of the grisly discovery.
Gold Coast City Council health inspectors who raided Jo's Brasserie last August photographed the rat, covered in thick red paint to match the floor under the main food servery.
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A massive fungus growth crawling with cockroaches was found nearby under the servery, along with heavily rusted stoves and food preparation areas.
Other rodents, both living and dead, were spotted by inspectors and rat faeces was littered across the kitchen.
Yummy.
(From news.com.au)
Posted by Quentin George at May 5, 2005 08:16 AM