Saturday, 29 May 2010

Dangers of Chinese Takeaway


A survey has shown that eating Chinese takeaway is more likely to give you food poisoning that a dodgy kebab or blow me away vindaloo curry house. More than 55% of Chinese takeaway’s inspected failed a basic hygiene test, while 54% of kebab shops and 48% of curry houses failed to clean properly.

Hold a thought; isn’t 10% of them failing enough let alone in the 40-50% range? I’m surprised they are still in business!

The problem largly stems fron cultural differences and different practices and standards in foreign countries. Many Chinese and Indian staff failed to understand the instructions to maintain hygene standards as instructed by their council.

On the other end of the spectrum, McDonalds and KFC are the cleanest restaurants you can find, with just 4% of McDonalds and 1% of KFC failing the test.

In December the Tai Pan Chinese Restaurant in Manchester was fined £70,000 for serving rice contaminated by cockroaches.

In the UK over 850,000 people fall victim of food poisoning from nasty unhygienic restaurants.

All in all, writing this article has made me hungry and I’m about to go out and buy some crispy shredded beef, my favourite!


Or maybe it's best to stick to your own kitchen? Simple Chinese Cooking

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