Operators of a Subway fast food franchise have been fined £11,782 after hygiene inspectors found flies, mouse droppings and a live mouse stuck to a trap.

SRAJ Subs, which operates Subway restaurant in Church Street, Enfield Town, and its three company directors, Md Abdul Basher, Sk Zakir Hossain and Sk Kabir Hossain pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene, pest control and contamination regulations at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on March 27.

The offences were discovered when officers from Enfield’s Council’s environmental health food safety team made a routine visit to the restaurant and takeaway on November 13, 2021.

They found drain flies, a lack of cleanliness, mouse droppings and a live mouse stuck to a sticky glue board trap.

The premises was immediately voluntarily closed as it posed an imminent risk to public health and was given a Food Hygiene Rating of zero.

Subsequent visits revealed a hole in the wall, mouse droppings in the cupboard in the first floor customer seating area, gaps that needed sealing around pipes, rat droppings near a rear waste pipe in washing up area, a broken electric fly killer and continued evidence of drain flies and mouse droppings in the till area.

Further routine inspections were carried out in 2022 and 2023.

The company was prosecuted for breaching food safety and hygiene regulations for pest control, prevention of contamination, failure to keep the premises clean and in good repair and a failure to implement and maintain permanent hazard control procedures.

SRAJ Subs Limited were fined £6,000, Md Abdul Basher was fined £2,751, Sk Zakir Hossain fined £1,347 and Sk Kabir Hossain fined £1,684.

The company was ordered to pay a contribution to Enfield Council’s costs of £9,146.77 bringing the final total including fines and costs for the case to £20,928.77.