Domino’s pizzas are pretty ordinary at the best of times, but I’d be especially avoiding the ones from its Quakers Hill store in Sydney. The owners of the store were fined $130,000 after serious breaches of food hygiene laws were uncovered by health inspectors.
Food Authority chief scientist Lisa Szabo said food debris and cockroach activity at the store increased the risk of customers developing dangerous food-borne illnesses. Authority investigators found the floors covered in dirt, grease and decomposing food, and drains were blocked and putrid.
The investigation was undertaken following customer complaints of becoming sick after eating pizza from the store. Susan Waihi made a formal complaint after her husband and three sons got food poisoning in 2008. Her youngest son Manaia, now four, began vomiting soon after eating a slice of Hawaiian pizza. Her husband and 2 other sons also got sick.
Now there is a valuable lesson here – pineapple does not belong on pizza – Hawaiian pizza is an atrocity to good taste. So too are pizzas with cockroaches, hair, dirt, rat turds and the various other things the Domino’s at Quakers Hill seems to have specialised in.
Hey Ian, this is Andrew from Domino’s. I read your post and just wanted to say that Domino’s takes health concerns and violations very seriously. We strive to deliver the best tasting product in a healthy environment and make sure that our stores are consistently up to health standards. Thanks!