Date: 17/06/2008
The owners of the Dainty Deli in Glossop were both sentenced to unpaid work, when they appeared at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
Neil Dainty was sentenced to 180 hours and Linda Dainty was sentenced to 50 hours unpaid work. The Council made an application for costs, but no order was made, as both defendants are subject to a bankruptcy order.
The sentence had been adjourned from April 3, 2008, when the Daintys originally appeared at Derby Crown Court.
On that occasion, the court prohibited them from participating in the management of any food business, after being convicted of 24 food hygiene offences, relating to four separate premises.
The offences relate to the Dainty Deli at 31 High Street West, Glossop, and three shops that Neil and Dainty have recently sold. The offenders failed to ensure adequate cleaning at the premises, to prevent a risk to food safety, and a lack of control of pests, which could affect the safety of food.
In passing sentence, the judge highly commended the work of the environmental health officers involved in the case.
John Haken, Executive Councillor for the Environment, said: "To ensure the wellbeing of our residents, High Peak Borough Council will not hesitate to prosecute any business or individual that fails to comply with strict health and safety legislation in the provision of food."
The Council wishes to make it clear that the businesses, currently trading as Hadfield Bakery, in the Glossop Area, are under new ownership -- and are not connected to the Daintys.
The prosecution of this case was for offences committed under the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006.
Prohibition Orders of this nature are rare and, in this case, it prevents a person from participating in the management of any food business, or a type of business. The order was made under the provisions of Regulation 7(4) of the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006.
Prohibited persons can apply to a court to have the order lifted, with certain conditions that are laid down in the Regulations.