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The slaughterhouse, which delivers meat to large supermarkets, was fined a large amount after inspectors found that it did not comply with laws aimed at preventing the spread of mad cow disease (BSE).
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) fined the Preston Slaughterhouse Dunbia in northern England, which supplies supermarkets, including Sainsbury's and Co-op, after pleading guilty for failing to ensure the removal of certain parts of the animals required by law.
After pleading guilty, the Dunbia slaughterhouse received a fine of GBP 250,000 for the three violations identified and received orders to pay all costs of the prosecution in the amount of GBP 16,121.42 and an additional fee of GBP 170 to the victim.
The company, which employs 11,000 people in the UK and Ireland, processes beef and lamb for retail. In 2014, the company bought the Lynch Quality meat company from the city of Ayr, and also owns Highland meat products in Salt Cellars.
TSE rules help reduce the risk of a group of brain diseases affecting livestock, sheep and goats, requiring proper removal and disposal of certain parts of these animals before they enter the food chain. The most widely recognized of these diseases is BSE in cattle, often referred to as “mad cow disease,” which is associated with human TSE diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). BSE was first discovered in cattle in 1986, and it was discovered that it can spread to humans a year later.
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