A TAKEAWAY owner was hit with fines and costs of more than £10,000 after admitting food hygiene offences.
Kirklees Council brought the prosecution after inspecting the Perfect Fried Chicken shop in Northgate, Dewsbury.
An environmental health officer found a box of raw chicken had been left on top of loose raw chicken.
Dewsbury magistrates were told he also found some staff had not been trained in food hygiene and were working unsupervised.
Owner Noorjahan Begum said she had done all she could to get staff trained and maintain standards.
Ms Begum admitted two food hygiene offences and one of failing to comply with an improvement notice. She was fined £9,000 and must pay £1,200 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
Sobia Ahmed, prosecuting for Kirklees Council, said the visit was to check Ms Begum was following an order made last October to get health and safety certificates for her staff.
But the inspector James Kaye found staff were still not trained and a box had been left on a pile of raw chicken.
Ms Begum admitted staff still did not have food hygiene certificates, but said she had had problems finding centres that her staff could attend.
