Market trader prosecuted for food and hygiene offences
Tuesday, 30th March 2004.
A Lowestoft man was ordered to pay fines totalling £4,000 and costs of £652.42 after pleading guilty to five offences.
The offences relate to a food and hygiene inspection made on 9 August 2003. Mr William White, of 15 Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft trades on the Saturday provision market in Haverhill.
He pleaded quilty to:
* 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
Mr White was fined £800 for each offence.
The offences relate to a food and hygiene inspection made on 9 August 2003. Mr William White, of 15 Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft trades on the Saturday provision market in Haverhill.
He pleaded quilty to:
* 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
Mr White was fined £800 for each offence.
