A FRUIT and vegetable shop in Dandenong Plaza was last week closed by Greater Dandenong Council for a breach of the Food Act.
Responding to a customer complaint, a council environmental health officer inspected Dandenong Fruit Fair.
The officer’s report prompted the closure about 4pm last Wednesday.
The following morning, DFF staff — perhaps obeying the store’s ‘Think Fresh’ slogan — were restocking cauliflowers and tomatoes into freshly cleaned stalls.
A senior staff member denied there had been a council inspection.
“We’re just spring cleaning — cleaning the whole shop,” he said, as curious customers were shooed away from the shop by a security guard.
Centre manager Mark Tannahill said in a statement: “The health and safety of our shops and shop owners is our top priority. The shop has been ordered to close and then clean its premises.”
He said a council inspector gave the all-clear after the ‘spring clean’ on Thursday morning.
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