Myth Busters Challenge Panel findings - Catering and hospitality

• Case 386 - Supermarket café told customers they are unable to heat up mince pies for health and safety reasons
• Case 378 - A pub would not use all the candles supplied on a birthday cake for ‘health and safety’ reasons
• Case 366 - A local pub can’t replace fried egg with scrambled as they can’t use a microwave due to health and safety
• Case 361 - Pub would not allow customer to open their champagne bottle
• Case 341 - Chippy would not allow customer to put salt and vinegar on their fish and chips
• Case 312 - Chips can not be served in a paper cone
• Case 303 - Burger van refuses to cut burger in half
• Case 285 - Café refused to top up tea in same cup due to health and safety
• Case 276 - Restaurant staff declared that pork crackling is not allowed to be served for Health and Safety reasons!
• Case 231 - Coffee bar would not provide hot water for tea for health and safety reasons
• Case 227 - Gluten free hot chocolate can not be served due to health and safety regulations
• Case 220 - Restaurant refused to plate up leftovers for health and safety reasons
• Case 215 - Scout camping facilities
• Case 199 - Security door chains have to be removed from hotel rooms because of health and safety
• Case 188 - A hotel does not provide toilet brushes in bathrooms because of health and safety
• Case 167 - A cinema customer was refused a glass of tap water, but could purchase bottled water
• Case 153 - A fish and chip shop displays a sign "Under three year olds are not allowed on the premises or in the restaurant."
• Case 145 - A hotel has stopped delivering room service meals to residents in the attached apartment block on the grounds of health and safety
• Case 144 - A Chinese restaurant refuses to give customers finger bowls because of health and safety
• Case 135 - Children's soft play premises does not serve baby food due to safety risks
• Case 121 - Restaurant refuses to give customers toothpicks due to health & safety
• Case 113 - Turkey skin a choking hazard
• Case 102 - Hotel chain claims it cannot serve burgers anything other than well done because of Health and Safety
• Case 77 - Hotel chain does not provide floor towels due to 'Health and Safety'
• Case 75 - Food retailer told enquirer leftover food could not be made available to staff or to charities due to health and safety reasons
• Case 71 - Fish & chip shop told customer he could not have 'batter scraps' for health and safety reasons
• Case 67 - Nursery told parents not to bring in cake because of children's allergies 'in line with health and safety regulations'
• Case 60 - Waiter refused to provide doggy bag for customer to take leftover food home on health and safety grounds
• Case 57 - Museum cafeteria refused to serve child a soft-boiled egg on the grounds of "Health and Safety"
• Case 11 - Café owner refused to allow customer's pet dog to enter the café for health and safety reasons