Schlagman Fined
by TJ Reporter - Feb 6
A kosher butcher with an annual turnover of £1m has admitted his shop
was in a filthy state with dried meat on walls and dead flies on the
floor.
Andrew Schlagman, 41, of Marsh Lane, Mill Hill, had failed to comply
with notices from Barnet council's environmental health department in
relation to Schlagman kosher butchers and poulterers on Regents Park
Road.
Schlagman and his company, H. Schlagman and Sons, pleaded guilty to 11
summonses dating between October 2002 and July last year, and his
company also pleaded guilty to the same offences at Hendon magistrates
court last Thursday.
The butcher was fined a total of £8,000 and ordered to pay £2,526
costs while his company was fined £5,500.
Jonathon Rushton, representing Barnet council, said the staff rest
area, toilet and toilet floor was covered with dirt and faeces when
inspection officers visited on 19 June last year.
Staff also had no running hot or cold water or soap to wash their
hands.
In the koshering room the inspector found employees weighing and
wrapping raw meat despite the area being covered in dirt, debris and
meat waste.
Rushton added that in storage sheds, dead flies were found on the
floor and they had not been cleaned for some time.
In the meat chilling room the inspector saw employees dragging
containers of meat across a hole in the floor and also found holes in
the wall of another room.
Paint was flaking off near to uncovered meat. Dried chicken fat, meat
waste and debris was found under display fridge cabinets.
According to Rushton, despite receiving enforcement notices Schlagman
had not cleared up the premises, which led to the prosecution.
Anthony Bradley, representing Schlagman, said: "We accept the breaches
should simply never have occurred. However, all of these defects and
omissions have been remedied.
"It is now nothing other than a safe environment to work and buy food.
In October last year a butcher's licence was granted to Schlagman
Limited, the company that now runs the business."
In addition, Schlagman had instructed outside consultants to help with
health and safety policies.
Bradley explained that Schlagman had been suffering from illness in
early 2003 and the business, which despite having a turnover of in
excess of £1million, was in fact making a loss. It had suffered a
series of bad debts in a short space of time.
Bradley said: "This is not a case of Andrew Schlagman cutting corners
in order to make profits and it has not resulted in any customer being
sold unfit meat.
"He is a better butcher than administrator and was in some respects
out of his depth."
The butcher wasn't dirty, idiot. Only his shop was.
Here ya go, bigoted asshole-more unsanitary goyim:
Inspectors have closed 57 suburban food outlets: 25 occurred in 2002,
32 this year; some of the notable include Starbucks and Ricky's
October 7, 2003
The Vancouver Sun
B1 / Front
Section: News
Larry Pynn
Public health inspectors have, according to this story, shut down 57
restaurants and food outlets in suburban Vancouver since the beginning
of 2002 for violations that include rodent and cockroach infestations,
unsanitary conditions, faulty equipment, and operating without a
licence.
The more familiar names in the list include Starbucks and the Rickshaw
Restaurant in Surrey, Kamei Sushi in Burnaby, Death by Chocolate in
Langley, the Sundowner in West Vancouver, and Ricky's Restaurant in
Richmond.
Of the 57 suburban closures, 25 occurred in 2002 and the other 32 this
year, representing a 28-per-cent increase, with three months remaining
in the year.
Tim Shum, director of health protection for the Fraser Health
Authority, covering Burnaby to Hope, was cited as saying Friday it's
too early to confirm any trend because the authority assumed regional
responsibility for public health inspections only in 2002.
The story says that the list of 57 suburban closures, compiled by
regional health authorities at The Vancouver Sun's request, is in
addition to 47 food outlets ordered closed in Vancouver since the
beginning of 2002. The Sun published a list of Vancouver restaurants
on Aug. 25.
Shum explained that about 54 public health inspectors in the authority
region have a target of inspecting each of about 4,500 restaurants
three times a year, a total of 13,500 inspections. (Inspectors are
also responsible for ensuring sanitary conditions in a wide range of
facilities, including swimming pools, barber shops and beauty salons.)
Health inspectors find room for improvement in the vast majority of
restaurants, and work cooperatively with owners to educate them and
bring them into full compliance, he said.
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