Chester’s Chicken & Pizza in Blackburn was fined £27,000 after a March 2008 inspection found disgusting conditions in the takeaway’s kitchen. According to the Lanchester Telegraph,

On Wednesday Blackburn magistrates court was told the inspection last March found:
* Two dead cockroaches stuck to the door seal of the fridge, and more scuttling around the floor;
* Lettuce stored under raw meat, posing a “very high” risk of food poisoning;
* Staff did not have food hygiene training and had no facilities to wash their hands;
* Food was stored in unsuitable containers;
* There was no food safety management plan in place.

Executive member for regeneration and environment, Coun Alan Cottam, said of the establishment,

 “This takeaway was a serious illness waiting to happen and magistrates have reflected that in this very stiff penalty.”

A quick glance at Scores on Doors, a website in the UK to disclose inspection results to the public, indicates that Chester’s Chicken & Pizza received two poor inspections in Oct. 2006 and March 2008. The image, right, is a snapshot of the posting for Chester’s Chicken & Pizza, and indicates the establishment had poor hygiene, safety and structural compliance, with little confidence in management. Furthermore, the establishment received zero out of five possible “hygiene stars”, giving this establishment one of the poorest possible hygiene standards.