2.4 tonnes of fresh meat removed from Ludgershall car wash
It's the second time emergency enforcement action has been taken against the same business operator
Last updated 14th Dec 2020
Wiltshire Council's Environmental Health Officers have removed 2.4 tonnes of fresh meat from a hand car wash in Ludgershall.
Beef, lamb and goat meat were being cut and packed for delivery which was going on sale to the public.
It was the same business operator who had been given a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order to stop the activity from continuing after being found working in "grossly unhygienic conditions" at a car wash in Devizes.
2.7 tonnes of it was seized from this premises.
The operator then moved the activity to the car wash site in Ludgershall, but made no attempt to register it with the council or get approval from the Food Standards Agency.
After a search in in the town, they found whole and part carcasses again being cut in poor conditions.
The latest consignment of meat found there was also condemned and destroyed.
Cllr Simon Jacobs, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection, said:
"The conditions found at both these car wash sites have shocked our officers. They found that even the most basic requirements such as clean food rooms, a hot water supply, washing facilities, the control of pests and basic welfare facilities for food handlers were missing.
This business has put their customers at risk. The need for officers to have to act in this way, not once but twice, is an extremely serious matter and we are working very closely with the Food Standards Agency on further enforcement to safeguard the public."
The council's investigation into these activities are ongoing.