Chef Prepares Food After Wiping His Bum with his Bare Hands because he doesn’t use toilet paper for ‘cultural reasons’
18 April 2016
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DailyMail|A takeaway chef wiped his bottom using his hands before preparing food because he does not use toilet paper for ‘cultural reasons’, a court heard.

Mahbub Chowdhury, 46, from Swindon, wiped his bottom using his hands before preparing food at Yeahya Flavour of Asia
Mahbub Chowdhury, 46, from Swindon, wiped his bottom using his hands before preparing food at Yeahya Flavour of Asia

Mahbub Chowdhury, 46, from Swindon, was found to have a filthy bottle in the kitchen of Yeahya Flavour of Asia, which inspectors concluded was covered in faecal matter.
When questioned, he said he filled the empty milk bottle with water from the kitchen taps before using it to clean his backside after going to the toilet.
Chowdhury prepared meat and fish curries at the takeaway, which was run out of a rented kitchen at the Nine Elms pub.
The chef, who no longer works at the takeaway, pleaded guilty to ten counts of breaching food hygiene regulations at Swindon Magistrates Court.
He was fined more than £5,000 last year for ten similar offences relating to food hygiene.
Rosie Heath, prosecuting, said environmental health officers who visited the business in May last year found ‘very poor standards of hygiene’.
She said: ‘In the kitchen under the double sinks [they] found an empty plastic milk bottle which was extremely dirty and was covered with brown fingerprints.
‘When asked, Mr Chowdhury explained he filled the bottle with water from the kitchen taps and used it to clean his bottom after visiting the toilet.
‘He did not use toilet paper for cultural reasons. Inspectors concluded the brown finger prints was faecal matter.’
Mark Glendenning, defending, said the milk bottle was never examined and the marks could have been spices.
Chowdhury will be sentenced at Swindon Crown Court.

5 Replies to “Chef Prepares Food After Wiping His Bum with his Bare Hands because he doesn’t use toilet paper for ‘cultural reasons’”

  1. Did this guy neglect his responsibility as a food handler? What skills and competencies did he possess which were verified before he was hired? Has he ever learned about hand hygiene? Has he been trained on food handling?
    Following the inspection by the Food Hygiene team, what remedial action was taken to help him achieve skills and competencies required of him in that role?
    Zvimwe zviro tinofanira kunangisa kwese kumbwa neku tsuro…

  2. Did this guy neglect his responsibility as a food handler? What skills and competencies did he possess which were verified before he was hired? Has he ever learned about hand hygiene? Has he been trained on food handling?
    Following the inspection by the Food Hygiene team, what remedial action was taken to help him achieve skills and competencies required of him in that role?
    Zvimwe zviro tinofanira kunangisa kwese kumbwa neku tsuro…

  3. It is a fact that some people clean their butts with bare hands for cultural and religious reasons. You may be familiar with the practice of squeezing a dead person’s intestines dry to ensure the dead go to heaven clean — free of s***t. That is a ChiChewa tradition.
    I attended graduate school with a woman who moved around on campus and elsewhere, with a five liter plastic container in which she stored her water….even though there is a source of water in every washroom, where she could fetch water on an as-and-when-required basis.
    She was also so generous that she would offer others to share her food. Of course, coming from a different cultural background, I always gave excuses for not wanting to eat at the time she would be eating.
    I also offered her my food, but immediately after she had eaten to prevent her from touching my food. I never hurt her feelings in that regard.
    Back to Mr. Chowdhury, he admitted having done so because in his culture, there is nothing wrong with the practice. In fact, ndivo vanhu vanoverengwazve panharaunda ngekuti vanoteedza tsika dze rudzi rwawo.
    Inga wani maNdau-kadzi anoiswe ma “therefore” kuusu kunotonekwa ngenyika yese. But having those tribal marks makes them complete and proud of being whom they are.
    After all is said and done, baba Chowdury vaifanira kuti a kuti mwana wamambo Miranda kunze; when in Rome, do what the Romans do!

  4. It is a fact that some people clean their butts with bare hands for cultural and religious reasons. You may be familiar with the practice of squeezing a dead person’s intestines dry to ensure the dead go to heaven clean — free of s***t. That is a ChiChewa tradition.
    I attended graduate school with a woman who moved around on campus and elsewhere, with a five liter plastic container in which she stored her water….even though there is a source of water in every washroom, where she could fetch water on an as-and-when-required basis.
    She was also so generous that she would offer others to share her food. Of course, coming from a different cultural background, I always gave excuses for not wanting to eat at the time she would be eating.
    I also offered her my food, but immediately after she had eaten to prevent her from touching my food. I never hurt her feelings in that regard.
    Back to Mr. Chowdhury, he admitted having done so because in his culture, there is nothing wrong with the practice. In fact, ndivo vanhu vanoverengwazve panharaunda ngekuti vanoteedza tsika dze rudzi rwawo.
    Inga wani maNdau-kadzi anoiswe ma “therefore” kuusu kunotonekwa ngenyika yese. But having those tribal marks makes them complete and proud of being whom they are.
    After all is said and done, baba Chowdury vaifanira kuti a kuti mwana wamambo Miranda kunze; when in Rome, do what the Romans do!

  5. Handidye chikafu chema restaurant anana mahommed futi ndostaira dzavo chaidzo. Havapisike ne tissue eeewwww.

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