An Indian restaurant in the southern suburb of Canning Vale in Perth is the latest business to land itself in hot water with the health authorities.
The Delhi 6 Authentic Indian Restaurant on Amherst Road has copped a $25,000 fine for three food regulation breaches.
In addition, the restaurant operator has also been ordered to pay $1800 in costs for the offences, which were identified during a routine health inspection, in January earlier this year.
The Chief Executive Officer of the City of Gosnells, Ian Cowie told SBS Punjabi that "cleanliness of the premises and hand washing facilities did not meet the requirements of the Food Act."
Delhi 6 Authentic Indian restaurant in Perth fined $25,000 over cleanliness issues. Source: Facebook
"The City has previously issued five infringement notices to the proprietors of Delhi 6. Four of those infringement notices related to the lack of cleanliness of the premises. The other related to inadequate staff training in relation to food handling and food safety," Mr Cowie told SBS Punjabi.
He further told that the council had received three complaints about the business in the past.
SBS Punjabi has also reached out to restaurant operator, Harpreet Singh for comment.
This is the second Indian restaurant in Perth that has been slugged with a hefty fine for failing to comply with food safety regulations.
Earlier this year, the Curry Club restaurant in Hilton suburb was fined $25,000 for a raft of breaches including cleanliness, maintenance, food storage and hand washing facilities.
Pictures of Curry Club released by the City of Fremantle appeared to show mouldy chopping boards, solidified grease and rust sitting on the cooking equipment, dirty utensils, slimy drains and water leakage on the floor.
The Hilton restaurant also failed to comply with sewage and water disposal standards.
Curry Club restaurant fell short on a number of fronts including cleanliness, maintenance, food storage and hand washing facilities. Source: City of Fremantle
