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Allergic reaction tzatziki Ebbw Vale company sees punished

Feb 16,2020 4:59 am

The Tzatziki dip is not list eggs as an ingredient

A woman has suffered "potentially fatal" allergic Reaction to a food Company mistakenly put the egg in a pot of Tzatziki .

Zorba delicacies pleaded guilty to three food safety fees at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court.

Hayley Lancaster suffered, after the purchase of dip from Morrisons in Caerphilly in February 2018.

The Ebbw Vale-based Company was fined £93,000 Following a prosecution by Caerphilly Trading Standards.

The three charges relate to The Product as unsafe, not of the "nature requested by the buyer, and The Company is the provision of documents containing false or misleading information.

The court heard that Miss Lancaster had been diagnosed with an egg and nut Allergy at a young age.

Hayley Lancaster was diagnosed with an egg and nut Allergy when she was a child,

After eating a small amount of dip you immediately signs of a Reaction , I showed her airway began to close, and she felt dizzy.

the public Prosecutor's office attorney Matthew Roberts said, when she had her Epipen, it would have "potentially fatal".

Caerphilly council Trading Standards has been informed, and tested the pot bought from Miss Lancaster and the other pot, bought from the same Morrisons store.

Both were found to contain levels of egg protein, which was not listed on the label or in The Company 's recipe.

The court was told about the relevant food hygiene practices, including swabbing for allergen and a clean-down between products, but there was "no evidence" this was The Day of The Dip was made.

The Company said that a dip made from beetroot, mint and yoghurt, which contain egg, was to have been made on The Line and had contaminated the Tzatziki .

The Company employs 490 staff and has a turnover of over £50m a year

defense attorney Carl Harrison Zorba delicacies said sincerely regretted The Incident and offered Miss Lancaster, a "full and unreserved apology".

He said had missed, been introduced since The Incident , and products without allergens were now on the way to start The Day .

district judge Martin Brown fined The Company £93,000 and ordered it for a fee of £120 and costs of about £14,700.

after the case, Tim Keohane, senior Trading Standards officer for The Council , said: "It is a heavy fine, which just goes to show, the severity of the offense, and how important it is for food manufacturers and retailers to draw attention to allergens in the food they serve to customers. "



ebbw vale, food, caerphilly, caerphilly county borough council

Source of news: bbc.com

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