Employees of Turkish restaurant in Doha jailed and fined
A popular Turkish restaurant in Doha has been slapped with QR32,000 fine and ordered shut for three months after they were found guilty of serving stale food that led to food poisoning of several people..
All the five staff members of Marmara Istanbul Restaurant in Bin Omran neighbourhood will be deported after serving their jail term.
Among those convicted are the manager, who has been sentenced to three months in jail and given a fine of QR10,000.
Three others have been ordered to spend a month in jail and pay a fine of QR7,000 each and another staffer who didn't have health certificate has been jailed for a month and fined QR8,000.
The staff members currently remain outside and the sentence will go into appeal, according to a report from Doha News.
Among the victims of the food poisoning was a seven months' pregnant woman who was rushed to hospital and she gave birth prematurely.
The incident had occurred late last October and the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning had closed the outlet for two months as an immediate punishment while the case went to court.
Some 20 people, including the pregnant woman, her husband and two children, got ill after eating food from the restaurant.
The trial in an environmental misdemeanours court began last November and the verdict has come in a little over six months. [The Peninsula and Doha News]
@lcapall If your employee of McDonald's. Sorry still not eating there.
Wait why? I'm A regular Customer, Everyday I eat there. (BIN OMRAN Branch) and I've never encounted a bad Stomach or Anything, I was there eating when the Authorities Came in. There's No Clean place to eat, If you look closely, even 5-star Hotels are not clean LOL.
In all honesty McDonald's is probably the cleanest place to eat in this country, i know its not the healthiest but its the cleanest.
@the topic: i've been to this bin omran branch twice or thrice after that october incident and the food served was absolutely fine. the two months closure also helped them to revamp the place with few modifications here and there
@dehiwala: make your choice man. opt for other fine dining restaurants.
DEHIWELA: is that where Rizks' Emporium is ?
shut down all small restaurants.very un hygenic and too OILY
PLEASE CHECK AT BIN MAHMOOD AREA
@topic
agree with baig....why the manager and staff only? the owner must be included also and will have a heavy penalty and longer jail term....maybe he is a local.
that is a glitz on this site....double-triple posting.
so you keep telling us :(
I am surprised to see the news, as me and family eat from this restaurant (Rayyan Branch) quite often and it is one of the finest of its kind, I have found in Qatar!
However, I don't totally agree that there is a problem with the "Brand name" of the restaurant, but yes, people (employees/ staff) play a vital role in Food businesses and they are the ones who make or break the business for the owners. In this case if they were the cause of the problem, they have been jailed and fined right! I think it is also the responsibility of the Owner to keep a check on the staff and his business and not just sit and multiply his cash!!! If he has been negligent, he should be fined too!
I am surprised to see the news, as me and family eat from this restaurant (Rayyan Branch) quite often and it is one of the finest of its kind, I have found in Qatar!
However, I don't totally agree that there is a problem with the "Brand name" of the restaurant, but yes, people (employees/ staff) play a vital role in Food businesses and they are the ones who make or break the business for the owners. In this case if they were the cause of the problem, they have been jailed and fined right! I think it is also the responsibility of the Owner to keep a check on the staff and his business and not just sit and multiply his cash!!! If he has been negligent, he should be fined too!
maybe in those 20 people who got food poisoning, food inspector was also there.
And that's why I don't go to restaurants I never heard of. Need food inspectors to investigate before things like this happen not after.