{"id":58769,"date":"2015-07-03T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0a16c7fd49027a275030bb957142653e"},"modified":"2015-07-03T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:09:24","slug":"news-story-north-london-shopkeeper-fined-for-rotten-fruit-and-vegetables-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58769","title":{"rendered":"News story: North London shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A North London shopkeeper has been fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables following an investigation by the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate (HMI<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

Sadin Kilic, owner of Bin Diyar Ltd which trades under the name \u2018Hilal Supermarket\u2019 in Edmonton, North London, was sentenced at Tottenham Magistrates Court on 25 June 2015.<\/p>\n

The HMI<\/abbr> investigation found 9 regulated displays breaking the EU marketing rules. Of these, 3 failed to meet the lowest marketable quality permitted for both specific and general marketing standards (including rots in aubergines, pears and limes). 8 displays also failed to meet the statutory labelling requirements <\/p>\n

Rural Payments Agency Operations Director Paul Caldwell said: <\/p>\n

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This case is another example of the work the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate undertakes to protect consumers.<\/p>\n

Prosecution is only used as a last resort and we will always try to gain statutory compliance with the marketing standard regulations through advice, guidance and instruction.<\/p>\n

In this particular case, the prosecution followed a series of risk-based inspection visits to the shop over nearly 2 and a half years. Between August 2012 and November 2014, the store received 16 visits from inspectors where advice and guidance on compliance was offered. During this time Mr Kilic consistently failed to meet his statutory responsibility and failed to ensure that the quality and labelling of the fresh produce placed on offer for sale met the required minimum standards permitted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr Kilic pleaded guilty to 8 of the 9 charges. The charge relating to the limes was dropped as Mr Kilic claimed they were not on offer for sale. He was fined \u00a3900 for the offences, \u00a3500 for the prosecution\u2019s costs and a \u00a320 victim surcharge. In sentencing, the magistrates observed that this was something that had been going for many years, with multiple warnings that Mr Kilic had failed to rectify. <\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n