30 March, 2004

On Friday 26 March 2004, Mr William White, of 15 Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, was prosecuted for food hygiene offences and ordered to pay fines totalling £4000 and £652.42 in expenses.

The case was heard at the Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court. Mr White, who trades on the Saturday Haverhill provision market, pleaded guilty to five offences (fined £800 each) relating to a food and hygiene inspection made on 9 August 2003, including:

• Not identifying hazards within the business and taking steps to control them
• Displaying ready-to-eat shellfish at temperatures of 10-15 degrees Celsius, when the legal requirement is eight degrees Celsius or below
• Displaying ready-to-eat food which was not protected from contamination
• Having dirty equipment and no hot water to wash hands or equipment
• Not having any food hygiene training

For more information on food hygiene regulations and prosecutions please contact Julie Lynch on 01284 757048.

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