KNS Outlet in Jurong Suspended for 2 Weeks Due to Cockroach Infestation

As a restaurant, sometimes, you have to deal with unwanted visitors.

It could be people who don’t believe in obeying Covid-19 safe management measures, or it could be of the variety that makes most people scream and jump up on chairs.

Unfortunately, for one prata shop in Jurong, they met up with the latter and got suspended after being caught.

KNS Outlet in Jurong Suspended for 2 Weeks Due to Cockroach Infestation

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced that they’re suspending the licence for the KNS outlet in Jurong for two weeks.

The suspension will start on 14 Dec 2020 and end on 27 Dec 2020.

The outlet is located at 990 Jurong West Street 93, #01-01, Multi-Storey Car Park, Singapore 640990.

Over the span of 12 months, the shop has accumulated 18 demerit points and was fined S$1,200 for their offences.

Here’s the breakdown of the breaches discovered:

• 6 points: Failure to keep the outlet free of cockroach infestations
• 6 points: Failure to keep the outlet free of cockroach infestations
• 6 points: Failure to register an assistant

SFA Takes A Serious View Of Such Infractions

While it might seem like a small thing to some business owners, the SFA emphasises that they take a serious view of such breaches.

Based on “track record”, businesses which have 12 or more demerit points could have their licenses suspended for two or four weeks.

In the worst-case scenario, they might even cancel their licence.

All food handlers in the suspended business must attend and pass the Basic Food Hygiene Course again before they can start work.

Hygiene Food Officers must also re-attend and pass the WSQ Conduct Food & Beverage Hygiene Audit again.

They remind all food operators to practise good food and personal hygiene practices at all times.

Also, F&B businesses must only hire registered food handlers.

Report If You See Anything Unsavoury Going On

SFA also invites members of the public to give feedback to them if they saw anything unsavoury going on, such as washing a mop in the basin.

Members of the public who comes across errant food practices can report them to SFA via its online feedback form.

When feedback is given, SFA will deploy officers down to the premises to conduct an inspection, just as they did for the ban mian stall at Yishun.

On a separate note, the dispirited owner of the Yishun noodle stall said that there was no cockroach in her broth and said the customer might’ve mistaken dried cuttlefish for the insect.

She has since closed down her stall due to the bad experience.

You can read more about the incident here.

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