THE MANAGER of a Stratford restaurant has been made to pay more than £20,000 after a serious outbreak of salmonella saw six people hospitalised and one suffer kidney failure.
Henry Cheung, who manages the Laughing Buddha on Greenhill Street, was also banned from being involved in the running of any food outlet after pleading guilty to eight food hygiene offences at Leamington Magistrates’ Court on Friday (July 31).
The prosecution against Mr Cheung was brought by Stratford District Council’s Environmental Health department, who told the court how 15 people were known to have contracted food poisoning after eating at the Chinese restaurant between July and August last year.
Specialist lawyers have been contacted by family members of a person affected by the E.coli outbreak linked to a butcher’s shop.
Fifteen cases of illness have emerged as a result of the outbreak. Health officials say many of those affected fell ill after eating pre-cooked meats or savoury products purchased or supplied by the Robinson’s Butchers site in Billingham.
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