Tests by the Animal Health and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) have confirmed the presence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in livestock samples submitted since January 2012 from a number of farms in the south and east of England.
Mr Hoi Shan Leung, owner of the ‘Fortune Cookie’ takeaway at 52 Coombe Road, Kingston upon Thames, was prosecuted by Kingston Council’s Environmental Health & Trading Standards Department on the 14 February 2012 for 7 offences under food safety legislation, including failure to keep the premises clean and in good repair and failure to control pests including rodents.
A food catering business owner has been found guilty and fined £3,015 for nine separate food hygiene offences, at Basildon Magistrates Court on Wednesday 15 February 2012.
Basildon Council has snagged another food prosecution after a mobile trailer was fined over £8000 for a number of offences, including having food fourteen days past its sell by date in the fridge.
A Brixton butcher who tried to make mincemeat of his customers by selling them cheap mutton instead of pricey goat meat has received a roasting in court.
The Food Standards Agency has won a case in the Old Bailey, against a meat company that failed to make sure meat was kept chilled throughout the entire food chain. A C Hopkins (Taunton) Ltd was charged, and found guilty, of an offence under the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006.
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