Yasar Halim fined for hygeine breaches

Yasar Halim's North Circular Road branch was last week fined £74,000 for hygiene and pest control  breaches.

Of course, that leads one to look at the Harringay branch. All is good with the bakery side: it gets a top score of '5'.

Oddly, the grocery side gets a  scary '1', with 'major improvements' needed in several areas. I guess the primary area of concern would be the butchery area and any shop-prepared deli items.

Links

Enfield Council website story of the North Circular Road branch

Harringay branch bakery scores on Food Standards Agency website

Harringay branch grocery scores on Food Standards Agency website

Yasar Halim issued a statement on social media saying that since the inspection in 2021 that discovered the breaches, they have made improvements and were awarded a 3-star hygiene rating in June 2022, a score which, as a frame of reference, is well below the five stars achieved by most Harringay local stores, with the exception of Tesco.

The "issues" in 2021 arose, they say, "due to factors experienced by most businesses in the country with the perfect storm of Brexit, the loss of highly skilled migrant workers, and the impact of Covid".

Yasar Halim second shorter statement regarding Enfield Council's posting.

I would like to point out the statement released by Enfield Council has inaccuracies, and it was reported very unfairly.

It doesn't mention that the inspection took place in 2021.

It doesn't mention we got three star rating on our next revisit.

It doesn't mention all the building improvements that we have made to prevent it happening again.

It was wrong when it said that we ignored them as we wouldn't have got our three star rating on our next visit from them.

It was wrong, and when they said I was found guilty, the actual truth is that we pleaded guilty as part of cooperating with them so we could resolve this matter quickly.