Broadland Potatoes in Swanstons Road, Great Yarmouth, was pressured to shut following an unannounced routine food hygiene inspection on January 21.
The firm was slapped with a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice, forcing them to shut instantly.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) attended a listening to at Norwich Magistrates’ Court on January 23, the place an order was granted to make sure the meals producer stays shut till the council is glad that well being requirements are met and situations have improved.
The motion was deemed to be “essential” as a result of danger of sickness the rats may have posed by contaminating the potatoes.
It has since emerged that following this order, Broadland Potatoes selected to not search permission to reopen and has subsequently formally ceased trading.
As nicely because the rodents, the council additionally found a “very poor” normal of cleansing and stagnant water in the meals preparation space.
A spokesman for council mentioned: “Following the formal closure of Broadland Potatoes, the operators did not seek permission to reopen and the business has ceased trading.”
