Sydney eatery busted storing crabs in toilet

A Sydney restaurant with a dead rodent in its storage area and a fish market that stored crabs in a toilet cubicle are new additions to the NSW government's name and shame list.

Choy Restaurant in Belmore Road, Randwick, in Sydney's east, has been slapped with three fines worth $1980 for having a dead rodent in the storage area, as well as vermin activity and unclean premises.

Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said Jemes Fish Market on Liverpool Road in Ashfield, in the city's inner west, was hit with two fines of $660 for storing live crabs in a toilet cubicle.

"This is one of the most outrageous cases of food storage I have ever heard about, it is unhygienic and is just not fair on consumers who pay good money for their food," Mr Macdonald said in a statement today.

"The past 12 months has seen a number of disturbing breaches on the name and shame list, including cockroaches, rats, a band-aid, a cigarette butt and now this case.

Another of the 45 additions to the website this week is Jesters at Forestville in Sydney's north, fined $1,980 for having containers of raw foods encrusted with food waste and cockroach activity.

Ocean King House Restaurant on the Princes Highway in Kogarah was fined $990 for evidence of pests in the premises, failing to store food correctly and misuse of hand-washing facilities.

The full list can be found at the NSW Food Authority's website at www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/penalty-notices.

- AAP