Oxford burger restaurant reopens with low hygiene rating after mouse found

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 16:22 · Archive

Peppers Burgers in Oxford reopened in August after being shut in March for a dead mouse and animal faeces found on the premises.

Peppers Burgers in Walton Street, Jericho, was shut down in March after city council food hygiene inspectors found a dead mouse behind a freezer in a food storage room and large quantities of animal faeces in the kitchen, food storage areas, food preparation rooms and customer lobby.

The restaurant, described by some as an 'Oxford institution' after operating since the 1980s, reopened in August. Following a reinspection by environmental health officers, it received a two-out-of-five food hygiene rating, a significant jump from the zero-out-of-five score it had received months earlier.

Inspectors found that food handling and the cleanliness of facilities still require improvement. However, the management of food safety was branded as 'generally satisfactory', referring to systems in place to ensure food is safe, staff knowledge of food safety, and confidence that standards will be maintained. Lubna Arshad, Oxford City Council cabinet member for a safer Oxford, previously described the conditions found as 'wholly unacceptable' and posing 'a serious risk to public health'.

How it is being reported

• Oxford restaurant shut over dead mouse gets low food hygiene ratingAn Oxford burger restaurant shocked nearby residents when it reopened this summer, after a dead mouse and animal poo were found on the premises only months before.Oxford Mail · 5 Nov, 16:00
• Oxford restaurant shut over dead mouse gets low food hygiene ratingAn Oxford burger restaurant shocked nearby residents when it reopened this summer, after a dead mouse and animal poo were found on the premises only months before.Oxfordshire Guardian · 5 Nov, 16:00

In this story: Peppers Burgers · Oxford · Walton Street · Jericho · Lubna Arshad · Ryan Cobb · Oxford City Council

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