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Two locations of Joe and the Juice have been fined £40,000 each after serious breaches of food safety and hygiene regulations after mice infestations were found. Fines, costs victim surcharges totalling £95,900 were handed down at Westminster Magistrates Court on the 22nd January 2025.

The popular juice and coffee bar on Garrick Street was shut by Westminster City Council due to a widespread mouse infestation being discovered in June 2023.

Upon inspection the premises, mouse droppings were found in boxes of bread used for their much-loved sandwiches. As the inspection continued environmental health officers found evidence of the rodent droppings on napkins intended for customers.

Additionally, an inspection of Joe and The Juice on Davies Street in December 2023 by the local authority’s environmental health team revealed equally poor standards of hygiene and cleanliness.

Upon inspection, officers found bread stored on trays had been gnawed by mice, as well as droppings in storage and front of house serving areas. They also found food crumbs below shelving likely to encourage the infestation.

Both cases were serious enough to be served Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notices which temporarily closed both locations with the two branches pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to two offences under food hygiene regulations.

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