A newly opened Burger King restaurant in Kent has been given the bottom meals hygiene score of any of the chain’s branches within the nation.
The Tunbridge Wells website was criticised by a meals hygiene inspector from the borough council for utilizing “soiled and greasy” tools.
The council mentioned the issues on the Mount Nice Highway restaurant had been mounted, and the location had since been given a five-star score.
A Burger King spokesman mentioned the corporate took all points relating to meals security and hygiene “extraordinarily critically”.
The meals hygiene inspector visited the quick meals outlet in August and gave it a score of 1 out of 5, that means “main enhancements” have been needed, in accordance with the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The report mentioned: “The probe thermometer that you’re utilizing for checking temperatures throughout cooking of meals was soiled and greasy, and subsequently will not be being adequately cleaned and disinfected between makes use of.
“There’s a threat of cross-contamination if the probe is used on meals that’s not absolutely cooked after which used once more on a cooked or able to eat meals with out satisfactory disinfection in between.”
The restaurant has been open within the Grade II-listed constructing since August.
The city centre website was beforehand occupied by WHSmith, with Burger King submitting a planning utility to take it over in September 2023.
The Burger King spokesman added: “The environmental well being officer revisited the restaurant, and it now has a five-star score after we carried out a full inside audit and carried out all corrective actions.
“We’re working carefully with environmental well being officers to keep up this five-star score.”
