MPs denounce food regulator after 2 Sisters chicken scandal – The Guardian
‘Scathing report by MPs attacks oversight and inspection regimes at Food Standards Agency and local authorities.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Category: food hygiene
CCTV to be made compulsory in all animal slaughterhouses, Government announces – The Independent
‘CCTV will be made compulsory in all animal slaughterhouses under new government plans announced today. Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, said that, from next spring, all abattoirs where live animals are present will be forced to install cameras in an attempt to clamp down on mistreatment.’
The Independent, 12th November 2017
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Thomas Cook wins fake holiday sickness case – BBC News
‘Travel company Thomas Cook says it has won a legal victory against a fake holiday sickness claim and plans to challenge other such claims in court.’
BBC News, 11th July 2017
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Asda fined £300,000 after dead mice, rotting food and fly larvae found at its depot – The Independent
‘Asda has been fined £300,000 after inspectors found dead mice and flies at a depot that distributes food to online shoppers in London and Essex.’
The Independent, 6th March 2017
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Health and safety: Do higher fines and tougher enforcement make for more appeals? – OUT-LAW.com
‘The introduction of the Definitive Sentencing Guideline for Health and Safety, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences in February 2016 has resulted in a huge shift in the punishment of safety offences.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
FSA: 4,000 major breaches of animal welfare laws at UK abattoirs in two years – The Guardian
‘There were more than 4,000 severe breaches of animal welfare regulations over the past two years at British slaughterhouses, according to data released by the government’s food watchdog under freedom of information laws.’
The Guardian, 28th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Khyber Pass kebab shop fined over human faeces contamination – BBC News
‘The owners of a kebab shop which sold food contaminated with human faeces have been ordered to pay compensation to customers who became ill. A rare strain of E. coli – only the second outbreak of its kind in Europe – was found at The Khyber Pass in Nottingham in June 2014. In August, owners Mohammad Abdul Basit and Amjad Bhatti pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene regulations.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2015
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Slaughterhouse right of appeal JR against FSA unfit meat decisions, fails – Henderson Chambers
‘In R (on the application of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers and another) v Food Standards Agency [2015] EWHC 1896 (Admin), Simon J sitting in the Admin Court (judgment 2.7.15) has found that neither the governing EU Regulations, nor the EU Charter nor the European Convention (A1P1) required the Food Standards Authority to afford any right of appeal to the owners of an expensive bull carcase found, at the slaughterhouse, to be unfit for human consumption and thus disposed of as worthless animal by-product.’
Henderson Chambers, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
Pub chef and manager jailed over Christmas dinner that left a diner dead – The Guardian
‘A pub chef and his manager have both been jailed after a Christmas dinner served at their restaurant left a mother dead and dozens of other diners ill with food poisoning.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New sentencing guidelines proposed for corporate manslaughter, health and safety and food safety offences. – Sentencing Council
‘Proposed sentencing guidelines have been published today which will assist sentencers dealing with corporate manslaughter, health and safety and food safety and hygiene offences.’
Sentencing Council, 13th November 2014
Chicken factory probe ordered by health secretary – BBC News
‘An investigation into allegations of hygiene failings at poultry processing factories has been ordered by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.’
BBC News, 25th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Food outlets will be forced to display hygiene ratings – BBC News
‘Wales has become the first part of the UK to force food outlets to prominently display food hygiene ratings. The new law, which came into force on Thursday, builds on a voluntary scheme, known as “scores on the doors”.’
BBC News, 28th November 2013
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Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd – WLR Daily
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59; [2013] WLR (D) 321
“For the purposes of a prosecution under regulation 44(1)(d) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1499) it was sufficient for the prosecutor to prove that a defendant had food in its possession for the purposes of sale which was the subject of a label showing a “use by” date which had passed.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Man jailed for sprinkling pubic hair on curry to avoid payment – The Independent
“A man who sprinkled his own pubic hair over a half-eaten curry in an attempt to avoid paying for it has been jailed.”
The Independent, 5th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Horsemeat scandal: ‘Tougher testing’ by retailers ordered – BBC News
“Retailers have agreed to carry out ‘more and tougher testing’ of beef products in the wake of widespread horsemeat contamination, the environment secretary says.”
BBC News, 9th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Investigation into Sussex ‘raw’ milk sold in Selfridges – BBC News
“A Sussex farm is being investigated for selling unpasteurised milk in a major department store.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
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Legal wrangle throws spotlight on food labelling – The Independent
“A landmark legal case revolving around a batch of frozen pigs’ tongues could change the way food use-by dates are enforced in the country. High Court judges ruled earlier last week that a business accused of selling food past its use-by date could counter a prosecution under food labelling laws by showing the product had in fact not needed a use-by date. Consumer experts fear that this interpretation could allow retailers to sell out-of-date food. The matter is being viewed as a test case for use-by dates, and similar cases across the country are being put on hold while it is dealt with.”
The Independent, 26th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd – WLR Daily
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2012] EWHC 296 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 37
“In order to found a conviction for an offence under regulation 44(1)(d) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996, a prosecuting authority was required to prove, to the criminal standard: (i) that the food, at the point that it was ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or caterer, was ‘highly perishable’ and so required then and thereafter to be labelled with a ‘use by’ date; (ii) that the defendant was, at the time of the alleged offence, selling the food within the extended definition contained within regulation 2; and (iii) that, at the time of the alleged offence, the date on the ‘use by’ label had passed. The subsequent freezing of food requiring and given a ‘use by’ label would not cause that label to cease to have effect.”
WLR Daily, 20th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Selfridges’ raw milk dispenser ‘contravenes food hygiene regulations’ – The Guardian
“A major London department store is giving consumers the chance to buy unpasteurised milk, despite the government food watchdog’s claim that the move is illegal on public health grounds.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
