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Trading Standards South West says it’s ‘Easy to Ask’
A SUMMMER Allergy Awareness campaign is being held from today – hot on the heels of last week’s news surrounding ‘Natasha’s Law’. Teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died after an allergic rection to a Pret A Manger baguette. Under ‘Natasha’s Law’, which is set to come into force by the summer of… Read More
Company director fined for failing food safety
A Bath takeaway owner has been ordered to pay more than £2,800 following the death of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who had an allergic reaction after eating food she bought from his shop. Riad Benotman, 37 of Crescent Gardens, Bath the only Director of Al Falafel Takeaway Ltd which runs a… Read More
Company fined for misdescribing kebab meat
Checks on the description and ingredients of kebab meat by trading standards officers in Dorset have led to one business being prosecuted for descriptions used in its Weymouth shop. On 22 January 2018, at Weymouth Magistrates Court, Yado Ltd, a company that runs Weymouth Kebab House, in Westham Road, Weymouth… Read More
Food operator prosecuted for illegal crab processing business
A food operator in Cornwall received a two year conditional discharge, and ordered to pay costs of £4,291, after he was found to be supplying cooked crab meat illegally. Gary Beynon, the Food Business Operator of Cornish Finest Crab received his punishment at a hearing on 11 January 2018 at… Read More