Sunday morning in Brisbane, Australia, where the birds start their symphony about 4 a.m., fully light by 4:30 a.m., getting ready to listen to some Kansas State football, and photographs in the Sunday Mail of food service cold rooms, many of them “too gross to publish.”
The Sunshine Coast-based company Jaymak has provided pictures of the unappetizing conditions found inside the cold rooms of some of the state’s restaurants and eateries, in support of calls for a mandatory "scores on doors" scheme.
Some cities like Brisbane have voluntary schemes, which is sorta dumb.
One of the worst cases involved a decomposing bird stuck in a cool room compartment at a fast food chain.
Photographs from other cool rooms reveal the build-up of mold and slime.
Jaymak owner Arie de Jong said the "ugliest" conditions were found within hard-to-reach air compartments, but the conditions could quickly spread mold and bacteria to food storage areas.
For a review of the purpose of restaurant inspection disclosure schemes and our experiment in New Zealand, see: