Mice in restaurant cost boss £800 fine

A RESTAURANT manager has been fined £800 for having a large mouse infestation at his Edinburgh city centre premises.

The city's sheriff court yesterday heard Tony Dong, 30, failed to ensure the premises were kept clean and that mouse droppings, dirt and food debris were allowed to accumulate on the floor behind and below equipment.

Fiscal depute Faith Currie said the state of The Star Sea restaurant at the city's Lady Lawson Street was discovered after a routine hygiene inspection in June last year and was immediately closed down.

Dong, of Salamander Court, Edinburgh, admitted three charges under the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and a further charge under the General Food Regulations 2004.