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XINTIANDI restaurant in Northbridge has shut after being pinged $40,000 in health fines, including failure to clear pests from the premises.

The swanky Francis Street restaurant was convicted of five offences, including failure to keep the premises clean and failure to stop pests getting inside.

After shutting down for a week to make changes to its hygiene procedures, Xintiandi met Perth city council health standards, but ceased trading a few months later.

Hawker’s Cuisine, formerly in Roe Street, renovated the property in February and moved in last month.

Meanwhile, Woolworths Noranda was pinged $20,000 for selling food containing a “foreign object” in its bakery at the Palms Shopping Centre.

An investigation was triggered after Bayswater city council received a complaint from the person who’d bought the item.

“Woolworths takes food safety extremely seriously and acknowledged the issue in our bakery at our Noranda store in court,” Woolies spokesperson Russell Mahoney said.

“We have replaced the equipment in the store to ensure there can be no further incidents of this type.”

Karaoke restaurant The Galaxy Lounge, also on Francis Street, was fined $8000 for selling food without notification or registration.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK