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Food Standards Agency seek YOUR ideas to reduce the food safety Regulatory Burden

E.coli outbreak…the second largest in Britain’s history

Food Standards Agency seek YOUR ideas to reduce the food safety Regulatory Burden

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are seeking the views of food businesses to identify where and how they can reduce the regulatory burden placed upon the food industry.

The FSA aim to simplify, or clarify regulations, helping Business to comply with Legal requirements without jeopardising public safety. Reducing legislative burdens on the food industry and others is in line with the Governments’ ’Better Regulation principles’.

“Making compliance with legislation easier for businesses should enhance consumer protection offered by regulations”, say the FSA.
If you would like to express your views to the FSA, log onto www.beterregulation.gov.uk.

E.coli outbreak…the second largest in Britain’s history

Three councils, Bridgend, Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taff have won their case against a family butcher who caused the second largest outbreak of food poisoning in Britain. William Tudor, MD of John Tudor & Son, Bridgend, was found guilty of supplying meat contaminated with E.coli 0157 to 44 schools. 157 cases of food poisoning resulted, and 5 year old Mason Jones, pupil of Deri Primary School, near Bargoed, South Wales, died following a period of hospitalisation.

Environmental Health Practitioners found evidence of poor hygiene practices at Mr. Tudors shop, including the use of only one vacuum packing machine for raw and cooked meat. This was found to have “congealed debris and dirt on it” because of a lack of an adequate cleaning procedures. Staff were poorly trained and unsupervised during the preparation of raw and cooked meat and would wipe blood from trays as they were packing cooked meats.

William Tudor was jailed for 12 months by Cardiff Crown Court and ordered to pay £596,243 in legal costs.

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