Examination - Police search restaurants and snack bars in Billstraße
In a large-scale operation, a dozen restaurants, snack bars and similar catering establishments in Hamburg's Billstraße have been searched. The main focus of the operation was to check the building permits of the businesses as well as food law, as a spokeswoman for the Mitte district office said on Tuesday in Hamburg. Illegal employment and fire protection were also checked.
According to the information, almost 100 men and women from the fire department, police, building inspection, customs, tax authority, city cleaning, economic authority and consumer protection office were deployed. Among them were almost a dozen food inspectors alone, according to the spokeswoman. The "Hamburger Abendblatt" had previously reported.
Billstraße is the focus of the district office's attention following a major fire in April. Several vehicles, washing machines and other stored goods had gone up in flames there and the fire had spread to a complex of warehouses. According to the Senate, a "heterogeneous retail market, especially with used electrical appliances and motor vehicles, has developed on the street in the Billbrook district, which gives a rather unstructured impression compared to other retail and wholesale areas".
A task force is now to ensure more order - also through regular inspections. Tuesday's operation was the fourth time since April that buildings and areas in Billstrasse have been inspected in so-called joint operations.
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The police also participated in the operation, ensuring compliance with laws beyond building permits and food regulations. The extensive inspection of the Billstraße restaurants could potentially uncover instances of illegal employment related to the hospitality industry. Following the major fire in April, the presence of the police might help deter criminal activities in the area's disordered retail market, including instances of hamburgers sold from unofficial street food stalls or 'imbisses', which could pose health and safety concerns in the food industry.
Source: www.stern.de
