Rats and rodents pose a humungous problem for hotel owners and authorities today. Their numbers are overwhelming and their presence is revolting! In spite of their tiny stature, the problems they carry are huge and many. At places like hotels and restaurants, their presence is especially horrifying because of the implications they pose. No one ever likes to see a rat running or a cockroach scurrying out of the kitchen where the food just they ate was prepared.
Rats, however, find restaurant kitchens very tempting. For them, it is an easy, unlimited food source. They like to live in the ceilings, in the food storage units, and also utensil cabinets. The leftover food, which is usually thrown in dumpsters nearby also attract rodents in huge numbers. As soon as they find a convenient place, not only do they spread filth but they also start breeding. This brings about an endless circle of rats and mice thriving in the place.
Although the management tries their best to keep rodents away, it is a recurring problem and it happens more than one would like for it to happen. Customers find themselves in the horrible situation of seeing rats and cockroaches in the restaurants they are dining in. Food safety and hygiene become a very important issue that is compromised when the kitchens and storage units are rodent-ridden. These rodents bring with them a plethora of pathogenic germs. They can gnaw on wires, cables and other structurally important things causing large-scale losses for the hotels. Such situations are most unfortunate for hotel management authorities. If reported to and caught by the food safety authority, it can lead to permanent shutting down of the outlet. Food safety practices have become stricter over the years. Restaurants that do not maintain their hygiene standards and do not comply with the food legislation have either paid hefty fines or have been served discontinuation notices.
Some evidence of the same are given below:
COCKROACHES, RAT DROPPINGS AMONG REASONS FOR 42 FOOD BUSINESS CLOSURES IN 2020
IRELAND
08/01/2021 | 11:40 AM
JAMES COX
Evidence of rodent infestations and the presence of cockroaches were among the reason for the closure of 42 food businesses in 2020.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today stated that 42 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses for breaches in food safety legislation in 2020, a decrease of 67 per cent in comparison to 125 Enforcement Orders served in 2019.
The drop in numbers largely reflects the impact of Covid-19, where large numbers of food service businesses were temporarily closed for long periods throughout the year, and is not necessarily due to improved food safety practices.
The FSAI reiterated the importance of robust food safety management systems and stressed that the legal responsibility lies with food businesses to ensure that the food they sell is compliant with food safety legislation and is safe to eat.
Between January 1st and December 31st, 2020, 31 Closure Orders, two Improvement Orders and nine Prohibition Orders were issued by environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE), veterinary inspectors in the local authorities and officers of the FSAI on food businesses throughout the country.
Filthy conditions
The types of recurring food safety issues that led to Enforcement Orders in 2020 were: unregistered and unsupervised food businesses; filthy conditions; evidence of rodent infestations and rodent droppings; the presence of cockroaches; failure to maintain temperatures of foodstuffs; unsuitable food storage facilities; and improper or lack of water facilities.
Dr Pamela Byrne, chief executive, FSAI stressed the serious nature of a food business being served an Enforcement Order.
She said: “While in a normal year it would be very encouraging to see such a substantial drop in the need for Enforcement Orders, in 2020, however it is likely that most of the reduction reflects the temporary closure of food businesses for many months due to COVID-19 restrictions. Notwithstanding this, 42 Enforcement Orders are still too many, as it shows that, unfortunately, there continues to be a minority of food businesses not complying with their legal requirements.”
“All food businesses must recognise that they are legally bound to ensure that the food they produce is safe to eat. Consumers have a right to safe food. Food businesses must comply with food law and all breaches of food safety legislation will be dealt with to the full extent of the law,” Ms. Byrne added.
NEW YORK CHIPOTLE FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO AVOCADO-EATING RATS
New Delhi Published: Dec 10, 2020
A rat helping a chef churn out lip-smacking food can only happen in movies like Ratatouille. In reality, rats are a menace to hotels and restaurants. The rodent may be an important part of ecosystem, food chains and whatnot, nobody wants anything to do with rats around their food.
A sustained onslaught from rats has brought a branch of fast-food giant Chipotle to its knees. These rats not only took liking to Avocado, the favourite snack staple of New Yorkers, but also attacked staff of the restaurant, as per news reports.
This branch of Chipotle is located in Upper Manhattan.
“It’s pure chaos every time a rat appears,” an employee named Melvin Paulino was quoted by New York Post as saying.
The rat infestation is so much that even though the restaurant is shut, employees have to come to clean-up so that the problem doesn’t get worse.
The issue began in summer this year when the staff found half-eaten Avocados. The rats took particular liking to the expensive fruit so much that the staff was forced to keep Avocados inside freezers just to save them from rats.
But then, more issues started. Bags of rice were found to have been chewed open, the rice eaten. And the mice also took to chewing electric wires that resulted in problems for computer systems in the store.
Efforts were made to contain the damage. But the problem became so big that the store could no longer handle orders as computer systems and wires were too badly damaged by the rats. Such situations are extremely scary. To think that, all our defence systems have constantly failed when faced by these nettlesome little rodents, is worrisome. The high-tech security networks developed for keeping rats at bay have all proven to be only temporary. All solutions for their control and management are short-term and the rodents always seem to come back.
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