The takeaway changed ownership in July 2025 and the new owners are not linked to the prosecution
Star Noodle restaurant in Huyton Village in 2019(Image: Liverpool ECHO)
A Huyton takeaway owner was taken to court and ordered to pay more than £4,000 in costs and fines after inspectors found evidence of ‘rat activity’ in the restaurant’s kitchen.
Mei Ling Wang of Moscow Drive, Liverpool, is the director of a company which previously operated Star Noodle in Huyton Village, and she pleaded guilty at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday (October 2) to six charges of breaching food safety regulations through her negligence as a company director. Star Noodle changed ownership in July 2025 and the new owners are not linked to the prosecution.
According to Knowsley Council, officers from its environmental health service visited Star Noodle on November 20, 2024.
They found that the premises and equipment were ‘very dirty’ and there was ‘evidence of rat activity’ in the kitchen and storage rooms. The business had also failed to put in place a system to manage food safety.
At the time, the owner of the takeaway voluntarily agreed to close the shop until officers were satisfied that it no longer posed a risk to health.
An investigation carried out by environmental health officers found that inadequate precautions had been put in place to control pests and that the building had not been maintained in a way that ‘would prevent rodents from entering the takeaway’.
As a result of the successful prosecution, Ms Wang was fined £1,382 – reduced to £983 due a guilty plea – and was ordered to pay £2,744.60 towards the council’s costs.
Cllr Shelley Powell, Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods, said “We will continue to identify and take action against any businesses who breaches food safety legislation.
“It’s there to protect the public and it’s our responsibility to enforce it.”
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