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Date: 10 Apr 2024
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The operator of a Belfast bakery has been fined £2250 at Belfast Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Tuesday 9 April) in relation to food hygiene offences.
The prosecution was taken by Belfast City Council against food business operator Aleksanders Bakery Ltd of Springbank Industrial Estate, Belfast. This was due to a routine hygiene inspection of the premises on 24 March 2023.
During inspections, Environmental Health officers found Aleksanders Bakery was not pest proofed and there was an active mouse infestation. The premises was not kept clean or maintained to an acceptable standard.
The premises was rated ‘one’ indicating ‘major improvement necessary’ to comply with the food hygiene requirements.
The food business operator agreed to close voluntarily. The premises re-opened on 27 March 2023 as officers were satisfied sufficient measures had been taken to remove the imminent risk to public health.
The food business operator Aleksanders Bakery Ltd was fined £2250 and ordered to pay £127 legal costs.
The premises has since been re-rated following a further inspection where hygiene conditions within the premises were deemed to be at satisfactory standard and a food hygiene rating of 4 (good) issued.
More information about the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is available at www.belfastcity.gov.uk/food