One of the most basic hygiene rules is to wash your hands before you eat. It is incomprehensible that it is not a legal requirement for every restaurant and cafe to have a washbasin, soap and paper towel available in the restaurant itself (not the toilets as after all that’s where a lot of bugs come from in the first place and anyway there is frequently a horrendous queue - another area you need to tackle). Shopping and then eating a sandwich in M & S or a cafe is a good example of poor practice but we have probably all done it! If retaurants felt it spoiled their ambience it could always be in an alcove or behind a screen. How about starting the ball rolling by instituting this rule in Birmingham over the next five years?
One of the most basic hygiene rules is to wash your hands before you eat. It is incomprehensible that it is not a legal requirement for every restaurant and cafe to have a washbasin, soap and paper towel available in the restaurant itself (not the toilets as after all that’s where a lot of bugs come from in the first place and anyway there is frequently a horrendous queue - another area you need to tackle). Shopping and then eating a sandwich in M & S or a cafe is a good example of poor practice but we have probably all done it! If retaurants felt it spoiled their ambience it could always be in an alcove or behind a screen. How about starting the ball rolling by instituting this rule in Birmingham over the next five years?