Lizard in bread: ‘Josh Bakery’ says it is being framed
Central Bakery is said to be the first of its kind in Tortola, starting out as Josh Bakery.
Today many customers continue to refer to the bakery as Josh Bakery, a name which has been in the news and social media lately after a lizard was allegedly found in a bread roll by a customer.
‘But a lizard in bread?’
Central Bakery has not accepted responsibility and has said the incident was an attempt to discredit the business.
Calling the names of two prominent supermarkets, Stoutt-Fraites said, “You walk into (name called) you see rat running around, you see roaches running around. You walk into (name called) you see roaches running around, you see rats running around inside there. It’s rats season, it’s a place where they can come inside when the door is opened during the day but the problem is for us to manage them.”
A lizard in bread; however, is a hard one for Stoutt-Fraites to swallow.
“But a lizard in a bread?” Stoutt–Fraites said in total denial and alleging an attempt by Irene Smith to discredit the bakery.
Smith had lodged a complaint with the Department of Environmental Health, which ordered the bakery closed for infractions found.
“The problem is for us to manage them. Even the flies, it’s flies season, and to manage the flies is the problem, to manage the roaches is the problem. They cannot say they saw roaches crawling all over the bakery, they can’t say that.
“The roaches come in under the door but you have to be vigilant, that is the problem, this is no worse than any other establishment,” insisted Stoutt-Fraites as she further said that since the building suffered damages during the passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, two years later, they have been working on erecting the required mesh on openings in the building.
‘Deliberate attack’
But Stoutt-Fraites is bitter with Smith, alleging that it was a deliberate attack on the popular bakery.
“I am not saying that things might not happen, but I can definitely say that there was no lizard that came from Central Bakery because if the lizard, anybody who is a baker would know that if you roll TT bread, a very small bread, you would see that there was something else bulging in the bread.
“You could see that the lizard had to be placed there because if a lizard was baked in the bread you must see the contents of the lizard inside, you must see an imprint of where the lizard was baked but you could see that the lizard was placed there and pressed there in the bread.”
‘All they needed to do is to apologise & done’- Irene Smith
Furious at being called a liar, Smith maintained that she purchased the bread there, “Mr Fraites admitted that I did purchase the bread there that morning,” she said while insisting she had no reason for wanting to frame the bakery as she alleged that despite many rumours in the past of persons finding things like rat dung and other foreign obstacles in their flour foods purchased at the bakery, she continued to be a customer.
“I was going there since I was growing up, I know the previous owners. I go there almost every day.Why would I do such a thing to the bakery? All they needed to do is to apologise and done with this.”
Over the past two days the bakery was closed to remedy sanitation and safety infractions.
Ms Stoutt-Fraites; however, related today, October 10, 2019, that the bakery would be reopened sometime after 12noon.
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44 Responses to “Lizard in bread: ‘Josh Bakery’ says it is being framed”
Own up. yes, because the place is not screened off our entirely closed in, stuff will creep in, and nobody disputing that. Cleaning mean more than wiping a counter. All them baking pans, behind the counters, behind shelving and stoves etc need to be moved and cleaned regularly, and that is for every food establishment.
This is not a true statement. I've stood by the door and witnessed a roach running across the pastries in the display under the counter. I just never said anything because I know what it can lead to. I'm glad the recent incident happened because they needed to clean that bakery from long and patch up areas that needed attention to prevent pests from entering the building. Learn from your mistakes and move on.
Is that's a man, a woman or a dy*e found the lizard?
Myrtle, I am ashamed pf you. You caused all of this chaos. I watched the video where the lady was showing you the lizard (ewww!!) in the bread and I could see you there peeping and overhauling! man up! woman up! own up. You should have killed that thing fast.
Anyway, it is for a good, because the unsanitary conditions would have continued.
Thank God I prepared 99.9% of my meals at home.. Whatever I buy at the grocery I fix up a lil something and put it inside mi lil lunch bag! It comes from my kitchen that's nice and clean.
Too many of you all, especially ladies can be seen at the bakery first thing in the morning. It's a crying shame. You all can't prepare something at home? Ah wonder if some ah allyo have husbands and children. Learn to cook and bake instead of wasting time and money on weave, bleach, vulgar clothes and nails!!
The Environmental Health Department, if they are not doing so already, needs to conduct regular spot checks on these
eateries. It is one thing for food handlers to be licensed annually; it is another thing to ensure that the facilities selling food are properly checked to ensure that they meet with established standards. And I emphasise spot checks so that the owners are not given the heads-up to allow them to have the place in a pristine condition prior to any visit.
To make a long story short, after two horrific incidents at two well known places here in a matter of days, I still shudder at the very thought of eating out.
Pretty up the building while rat and lizard dropping behind the counter? Your comment sound like a woman looking pretty with make up and dress to kill but her house dutty.
Clean up the place where food is being prepared and served de man