Llanelli woman's eggs fine
A Llanelli businesswoman has been prosecuted for selling battery eggs as free range.
Linda Cavill pleaded guilty at Llanelli Magistrates Court to two offences contrary to the Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009 and to a further offence contrary to Section 15 of the Food Safety Act 1990.
The court was told that Cavill’s company, G&L Cavill and Son, had supplied eggs to a shop in Dryslwyn.
A DEFRA egg inspector called at the shop and tests showed that some eggs packaged as free range were in fact caged hens’ eggs.
The ‘best before’ dates on the eggs were also wrong.
Cavill, of Trimsaran Road, Llanelli, was fined £800 for each of the first two offences relating to the age of the eggs and fined £2,000 in respect of the Food Safety Act offence, which related to the misdescription of the eggs. She was also ordered to pay full costs of £1,203.48.
The council’s executive board member for housing and public protection Cllr Hugh Evans said: “It is important that people can feel confident that when they pay extra for free range eggs then that is what they are getting.
“The fines imposed show how seriously the court has taken this issue.”
Linda Cavill pleaded guilty at Llanelli Magistrates Court to two offences contrary to the Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009 and to a further offence contrary to Section 15 of the Food Safety Act 1990.
The court was told that Cavill’s company, G&L Cavill and Son, had supplied eggs to a shop in Dryslwyn.
A DEFRA egg inspector called at the shop and tests showed that some eggs packaged as free range were in fact caged hens’ eggs.
The ‘best before’ dates on the eggs were also wrong.
Cavill, of Trimsaran Road, Llanelli, was fined £800 for each of the first two offences relating to the age of the eggs and fined £2,000 in respect of the Food Safety Act offence, which related to the misdescription of the eggs. She was also ordered to pay full costs of £1,203.48.
The council’s executive board member for housing and public protection Cllr Hugh Evans said: “It is important that people can feel confident that when they pay extra for free range eggs then that is what they are getting.
“The fines imposed show how seriously the court has taken this issue.”
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