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Mouse droppings bankrupt Bavarian bakery

The Müller Brot bakery chain in Bavaria has declared bankruptcy, two weeks after production was halted following the discovery of maggots in its flour and mouse droppings in its factory.

Mouse droppings bankrupt Bavarian bakery
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Food hygiene inspectors stopped all production at the factory in Neufahrn near Munich, forcing the company to buy bread from other producers to fulfil orders. This could never last for long and on Thursday evening Müller Brot announced it could not survive, and declared bankruptcy.

A statement from Müller Brot said the production halt had had led to a collapse in turnover.

“But preparations for the resumption of production are running at full speed despite that,” the statement said. Temporary insolvency administrator Hubert Ampferl released the money necessary to do so, lending hope to the 1,100 workers at the factory that their jobs might be saved.

Hygiene authorities had registered serious problems at the factory for years, with dirt and cockroaches repeatedly found there since 2009. Foodstuffs and bread dough had been destroyed due to this, while the discount supermarkets Lidl and Aldi banned the company’s products from their shelves.

The last two weeks have been used to take apart all the machinery in the factory and clean everything.

Bavarian bakery rival Biendl und Weber was also told on Thursday it should also stop production after hygiene inspections in its factory in Donaustaf found insects and two dead mice. Black mould was also discovered in production areas, and crusts found on machinery. The firm employs 65 staff and runs 18 shops in Regensburg and the surrounding area.

DPA/The Local/hc

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FOOD AND DRINK

Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday.

Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

“The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceship,” Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement.

“They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature” at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above sea level, it said.

For $495,000 per ticket, six tourists will embark on a six-hour journey in a pressurised space capsule that will rise into the stratosphere in a hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon”.

The 32-year-old chef and self-confessed space enthusiast will be joining the trip.

READ ALSO: World-famous Copenhagen restaurant to close after 2024

Munk promises “dishes inspired by the role of space exploration during the last 60 years of human history, and the impact it has had on our society — both scientifically and philosophically”.

His menu will be restricted only by his inability to cook food over an open flame.

Many of the ingredients will be prepared on the ship from which the capsule is launched, according to Alchemist, which is ranked fifth among the world’s restaurants in 2023 according to the World’s Best 50 Restaurants guide.

In recent decades, Denmark has emerged as a gastronomical powerhouse on terra firma, with the Copenhagen restaurants Noma and Geranium both having held the title of the world’s best restaurant.

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