A restaurateur from Marseillan, a town in Hérault, was sentenced to nine months in prison and a fine of 3,300 euros by the Béziers criminal court.
She had committed several hygiene offenses and had used an undeclared employee.
Soldiers from the gendarmerie of the Marseillan nautical brigade had checked this restaurant on May 21, 2022 following the report of a customer who had found maggots in her tacos.
“The soldiers had then discovered, in addition to unprotected food preparations and remains, many foods with expiry dates that have passed or not been indicated, specifies the public prosecutor Raphaël Balland.
Including unfit seafood, burger buns with traces of mold and defrosted meat.
In addition, one of the two employees checked had not been declared or even the subject of an employment contract.
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Placed in police custody on June 22, she had admitted the facts but she had not appeared at her trial on December 12.
Known to justice, she had already been convicted seven times between 2006 and 2022, in particular for fraud in social benefits, concealed work, theft and driving under the influence of alcohol.
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