Food Safety: CK’s Supermarket Ltd fined over £36,000 for Hygiene Offences

by | Oct 7, 2011 | Food Safety |

Food Safety: CK’s Supermarket Ltd fined over £36,000 for Hygiene Offences

A supermarket company has been ordered by magistrates to pay £39,515 after admitting to a list of food hygiene offences at two of its Pembrokeshire stores. (Photo Gallery Below)

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CK’s Supermarket Limited operate stores at Fishguard, Milford Haven and St Davids.

The company pleaded guilty to sixteen offences under the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006 and The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Monday 3rd October 2011, in relation to offences at its Fishguard and Milford Haven stores.

The prosecution was brought by Pembrokeshire County Council following a routine inspection by EHOs from the Council’s Public Protection Division, of the Fishguard store on the 12th October 2010 and a complaint relating to the Milford Haven store.

During the inspection of the Fishguard store, the officers discovered evidence of poor hygiene and poor cleaning practices at key food preparation, production and storage procedures.

CK’s Supermarket Limited pleaded guilty to:

  • failing to maintain food premises in a clean condition
  • failing to have an adequate, documented, food safety management system in place to ensure that risks to food safety are controlled
  • selling food or having food on offer or exposure for sale and having in possession for sale, food which was beyond its ‘Use By’ date
  • keeping cooked or reheated foods which are on display for sale, below the required temperature
  • failing to ensure that articles, fittings and equipment that come into contact with food are kept in a clean condition
  • failing to ensure that the structural condition of the food premises was capable of preventing rodent access.

The company was fined £2,000 for each of seven offences in relation to the out-of-date food items, and £2,500 for each of nine offences in relation to food hygiene.

In addition to the fines of £36,500, CK’s Supermarket was required to pay the Council’s costs of £3,000 plus a victim surcharge of £15.

Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environmental and Regulatory Services, Councillor Ken Rowlands, said: “The significant fines in this case highlight the importance of complying with food safety requirements.

“The fact is that companies or individuals who repeatedly fail to meet the legal requirements, will not be tolerated. Protection of public safety by those who sell food is of paramount importance.”

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