A WHOPPING portion of chips has been taken off the menu by police in Stratford
Officers seized 1.7 tonnes of ready-cut chips while taking part in an operation to crack down on food standards breaches.
The mountain of spuds was among improperly stored food at premises visited by the Warwickshire force,
Stratford Police reported on its Facebook page: “Environmental health seized incorrectly stored food, including a whopping 1.7 tonnes of ready made chips…safe to say that’s one chippy tea that won’t be happening any time soon.”
The find followed sweeps of Stratford businesses with officers from environmental health, trading standards and immigration enforcement.
Police said the full consignment was voluntarily surrendered and destroyed on the same day.
During the operation, a number of warnings were issued, and there were three arrests made on suspicion of immigration offences.
Police described the operation as “a coordinated effort to keep things safe, fair, and running smoothly”.
Environmental health officers looked at hygiene, waste and workplace safety issues, the force stated, leading to seizures of “incorrectly stored food”, including the chips.
Immigration enforcement officers had checked right-to-work compliance while trading standards focused on counterfeit goods and fair trading.
