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The Sun
5 days ago
- The Sun
Vietnamese restaurant in London shut down after ‘DOG MEAT disguised as goat found in freezer by health inspectors'
A VIETNAMESE restaurant in London was forced to shut down after dog meat was found in the freezer, a court heard. Health inspectors went to Pho Na restaurant in Old Kent Road, Southwark, and found a meat labelled as "goat wrapped in leaves". 2 They sent it away for analysis but tests revealed it was dog meat, Bromley Magistrates' Court was told. The health inspectors also reported mice droppings and live and dead cockroaches at the restaurant, it was said. Owner Vuong Quoc Nguyen has pleaded not guilty to multiple food safety and hygiene offences. His defence solicitor Piers Kiss-Wilson said the 47-year-old had no idea the so-called goat was actually dog meat. He also insisted the product was supplied to him by someone else and was not for human consumption. Mr Kiss-Wilson added the owner had brought in pest control to try and fix the issues at the restaurant. Nguyen is now set to stand trial at Bromley Magistrates' Court on December 18. Pho Na is now listed on Google as "permanently closed". It had a 4.6-star rating before the alleged dog meat was discovered in the freezer. According to organisation Humane World, around five million dogs are stolen, trafficked and killed for their meat in Vietnam. Dog meat is consumed in a number of other countries - including China and Indonesia. 2
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Vietnamese restaurant is forced to shut down after DOG MEAT was discovered in the freezer by hygiene inspectors
A Vietnamese restaurant in London has shut down after inspectors allegedly found dog meat in the freezer. It was labelled 'goat wrapped in leaves' but when they sent it for analysis it came back as dog meat, a court heard. They also reported mice droppings and live and dead cockroaches at Pho Na restaurant in Old Kent Road, Southwark. Vuong Quoc Nguyen, 47, the Vietnamese owner of the restaurant, denied multiple food safety and hygiene offences when he appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Nguyen appeared at the brief hearing wearing a navy blue polo neck, black jeans and and blue trainers. Defence solicitor Piers Kiss-Wilson insisted the 47-year-old defendant had no idea the 'goat' was dog meat and said it was supplied to him by someone else. He added the dog meat was not for sale for human consumption and that the owner had brought in pest control to try and fix the issues at the restaurant. Nguyen is due to stand trial at Bromley Magistrates' Court on December 18. Pho Na is now listed on Google as 'permanently closed'. Prior to the alleged discovery of the dog meat in one of the eatery's freezers, it had a 4.6-star rating. A new Vietnamese takeaway called Dac San Xu Nghe has since opened at the former site of Pho Na. According to Companies House, it is operated by 35-year-old Vietnamese national Hung Van Nguyen, who was appointed director on March 19. Daily Mail has approached Lewisham Council for comment.
