Delivery worker's lapse costs Millenia Walk restaurant nearly 5kg of meat, sauces

A local restaurant owner lost about $900 in revenue and labour after discarding nearly 5kg of marinated meat as the door of the refrigerator the food was kept in was not properly shut overnight.Monetary costs aside, however, Jacky Tan, who runs Japanese eatery Cheeky Don at Millenia Walk, told 8world that food safety and his customers' trust were the top-of-mind concerns.Cheeky Don specialises in pork jowl rice bowls, or donburi. Tan said that hours of work go into brining and marinating the meat before the cooking process.Last Sunday (Nov 8) morning, his employees found that a refrigerator door was ajar and the temperature display stated 12.3 deg C.According to the Singapore Food Agency's website, fridges and chillers must maintain a temperature of 4 deg C and below for safe food storage.Tan told 8world that a supplier making a late-night delivery had failed to properly close the refrigerator door.Inside that refrigerator was about 4.8kg of marinated pork as well as sauces. The meat could have potentially made 50 donburis and generated $600 in sales, the chef estimated.