article_snippet: A takeaway owner has been banned from running any food businesses after inspectors found A takeaway owner restaurant was caked in grime with mouse droppings on the kitchen table.
article_snippet: Council workers said Indian Ocean restaurant in Portsmouth had no hot running water, rotting food thrown into an outside yard, and pots kept on the floor next to rat poison.
article_snippet: Rotting: Food inspectors were called to the takeaway where they found no hot running water and food left to decompose in the yard outside (pictured) Stomach churning: A takeaway owner was banned from running a food business for life after inspectors said the grime-caked walls showed no cleaning had been done for some time .
article_snippet: Paul Fairley, prosecuting, said: 'The accumulation of food, dirt and debris made it quite clear to the inspector that no cleaning at all had been done for some time. '
article_snippet: Clearly there was a very real risk of cross-contamination.'
article_snippet: Cllr Robert New, cabinet member for environment and community safety, said: 'Cllr Robert New, cabinet member for environment and community safety want people to be able to go out and eat a meal without fearing that people health will be harmed.
article_snippet: Even the toilet inside the restaurant had not been property cleaned when inspectors paid Even the toilet inside the restaurant visit .
article_snippet: The Indian Ocean takeaway has now been closed and the owner banned from running any food businesses . '
article_snippet: We work with restaurants to help restaurants achieve high standards, but if restaurants put customers at risk like this We will not hesitate to take court action..'
highlights_snippet: Workers found walls were caked with grime and no running hot water .
  