More than 100 takeaway customers were sick for up to two months with a rare strain of e.coli – after staff did not wash their hands after using the toilet, a court heard.
Nottingham Crown Court heard that 142 customers of the Khyber Pass in Hyson Green, Nottingham, suffered with nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea after the outbreak last June.
In one case, a 13-year-old girl spent four nights in hospital with a consultant saying the infection could have been fatal if it was not treated.
Amjad Bhatti and Mohammed Basit, owners of the Khyber Pass, in Gregory Boulevard, pleaded guilty to seven food hygiene offences and were sentenced on Wednesday.
Prosecuting, Bernard Thorogood said the strain of e.coli was only the second recorded case in Europe.
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