Huntingdonshire District Council have successfully prosecuted two separate business owners for food hygiene offences.
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Mr Abdus Subhan, Director at the time of Bioset, trading as Ahmed Bros, Clifton Road, Huntingdon was fined £3000 after pleading guilty to three food hygiene offences following an unannounced routine food hygiene inspection by a Senior Environmental Health Officer.
During the inspection in October 2011, the officer found a number of vacuum packed bags of minced meat which had been produced on the premises in breach of a Remedial Action Notice which had been served on the business the year before following similar offences. The packs of minced meat were voluntarily surrendered to the officer.
Vacuumed packs of minced meat were subsequently found in two restaurants in the district from the same unapproved producer. These were also voluntarily surrendered to officers.
Huntingdon Magistrates Court also ordered £2000 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
In a separate case, Mr Shaheed Naseem of Mega Kebab takeaway, 8 Crown Street, St Ives pleaded guilty to eight food hygiene offences, and one offence relating to gas safety following an inspection by an Environmental Health Protection Officer on 1 March 2012.
At the inspection on 1 March 2012, the officer found poor standards of cleaning and disinfection, cross contamination risks, no documented food safety management system, unsupervised food handlers with no food hygiene training, a blocked wash hand basin with no means to clean hands, and unsafe gas appliances and ventilation system which had been installed by an unregistered person. The premises was issued with a food hygiene rating of 0 (Urgent Improvement Necessary) and Mr Naseem was served with Hygiene Improvement Notices and a Prohibition Notice requiring works to be carried out on gas appliances.
Mr Naseem was fined £4000 for the offences and ordered to pay the council’s costs of £1000 and a £15 victim surcharge. Mr Naseem had previously appeared before the court in October 2011 and pleaded guilty to five food hygiene offences at the premises, which was at the time known as ‘Chilli Hut’. The court was satisfied that Mr Naseem was aware of both food hygiene and health and safety regulations, and that there had been numerous breaches over a long period of time. They also took into consideration the serious potential harm that could be caused to both staff and members of the public from the gas appliances.
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