Company that ran bloodstained butchers in Reading fined

An organization that ran a hazard-strewn butchers store, the place council inspectors discovered partitions stained with blood and swimming pools of blood at the flooring, has been fined greater than £58,000.

Inspectors additionally discovered outdated meat left in a mincer’s nozzle and too few sinks for other people to scrub their fingers at Kenya Butchers in West Street, Reading, run through KBH Meats Ltd.

The Slough-based corporate admitted 12 breaches of laws on the Berkshire premises and its operator, Mohammed Ayub, additionally admitted 12 breaches.

Reading magistrates advised the company to pay a complete of £58,330 in fines, prices and surcharges. Ayub, from Greenford in west London, will have to pay a complete of £5,508.

Reading Borough Council inspectors additionally discovered gentle switches and faucets have been unwashed and blood-stained cardboard at the flooring.

A blade in a bandsaw were left uncovered and ice that had shaped in a walk-in freezer left other people vulnerable to slipping, they mentioned.

The corporate and Ayub, 42, additionally ran Just Fresh in West Street, however didn’t inform the council they have been doing so and have been fined for that omission.

In March 2024, the council mentioned Kenya Butchers used to be close down after “extensive rat activity” used to be discovered there.

A member of the general public had advised the authority in their considerations and environmental well being officials discovered rat droppings in “all food handling and storage areas, particularly in the butchery and basement”.

The corporate used to be advised on 2 May it will have to pay the phenomenal £58,330 through 30 May however Ayub will be capable to pay £250 a month from 27 June.