Stourbridge food hygiene prosecution
Stourbridge business and director guilty of breaching food safety and hygiene regulations
Jay Indian House Ltd, the company operating Jay Indian House, 84 Hagley Road, Stourbridge, has been fined £10,000 following a prosecution brought by Dudley Council for multiple food safety offences. Its director, Mr Jahaingir Hussain, was also fined £1600 together with £3836 costs, with a 16-day custodial sentence in default of non-payment of the fine.
The company and director had previously entered guilty pleas at Dudley Magistrates’ Court on 16 April 2025, where the District Judge committed the case to the Wolverhampton Crown Court, for sentence. The case was heard at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 11 September 2025.
During the inspection visit on 19 July 2023, officers discovered a rat in the ground floor food storeroom. Rat droppings were found in both the ground floor and first-floor food storerooms. There was a large accumulation of waste in the rear yard, pest proofing was inadequate, and the food safety management system was not being properly implemented. Due to the immediate risk to public health, the council exercised emergency powers under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.
Councillor Phil Atkins, cabinet member for development and regulation, said:
“This case highlights the serious consequences of failing to meet basic food hygiene standards. The presence of a rat in a food storage area is completely unacceptable and posed a significant risk to public health.
“Our environmental health officers acted swiftly and decisively to protect the public, and I commend their professionalism. We will always take firm action against businesses that disregard their legal responsibilities and put people at risk and our legal team presented a strong case at court leading to this level of sentencing.
“I hope this serves as a clear reminder to all food businesses that maintaining high standards of cleanliness and pest control is not optional—it’s the law.”
The business was allowed to reopen after officers confirmed that all necessary cleaning and pest control measures had been completed and that there was no evidence of ongoing pest activity.
In addition, the company and director were ordered to pay a Victim Surcharge.
The premises has since closed.