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07/08/2002
Bakery proprietor fined for food safety offences
A home bakery proprietor has been fined by Belfast Magistrates for food safety offences.
At Belfast Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon, south Belfast home bakery proprietor John McKeag received a fine of £4,500, with £263 costs, for nine offences under The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995.
The prosecution was taken by Belfast City Council following a routine food hygiene inspection of Mr McKeag’s former bakery at Flush Park, undertaken on February 7 2002.
During the inspection, an Environmental Health Officer from the Council’s Consumer Protection Section observed that the hygiene conditions in the premises were "extremely unsatisfactory". It was also found that the structure of the premises and the equipment used in the baking process were in a dirty condition, and there were inadequate facilities for hand and equipment washing.
The inspection also reported that the doors to the premises were left open allowing access to flying insects. Furthermore, foodstuffs were not protected from risk of contamination and there were also inadequate storage facilities for food waste at the premises.
Mr McKeag has since closed the premises at Flush Park and relocated to new premises outside Belfast.
(GMcG)
At Belfast Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon, south Belfast home bakery proprietor John McKeag received a fine of £4,500, with £263 costs, for nine offences under The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995.
The prosecution was taken by Belfast City Council following a routine food hygiene inspection of Mr McKeag’s former bakery at Flush Park, undertaken on February 7 2002.
During the inspection, an Environmental Health Officer from the Council’s Consumer Protection Section observed that the hygiene conditions in the premises were "extremely unsatisfactory". It was also found that the structure of the premises and the equipment used in the baking process were in a dirty condition, and there were inadequate facilities for hand and equipment washing.
The inspection also reported that the doors to the premises were left open allowing access to flying insects. Furthermore, foodstuffs were not protected from risk of contamination and there were also inadequate storage facilities for food waste at the premises.
Mr McKeag has since closed the premises at Flush Park and relocated to new premises outside Belfast.
(GMcG)
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