Bournemouth FC forced to pay £3,000 for breaching food hygiene regulations

BOURNEMOUTH FC was forced to pay £3,000 after breaching food hygiene regulations

Health officials visited the Vitality Stadium last month and banned the use of a sandwich sealing machine.

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Last week magistrates in the South Coast resort issued the club with an “emergency hygiene prohibition order” under the Food Safety Act 1990 which banned them from using a Sammic vacuum sealer.

The council was also granted a “condemn and destroy” order on any seized grub found to be out of date and unfit for human consumption. The club was made to pay £3,010.58 to the council.

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One source said: Officials came in and were swabbing the surfaces of the kitchen.

“The sandwiches go to the executive boxes and a couple of other smaller outlets. The club brought in a specialist firm to give the place a deep clean.

“The council wanted to take the sandwich wrapping machine away, but they left it after being assured parts would be replaced.”

A club spokesman said: “AFC Bournemouth can confirm that the Vitality Stadium was visited by Environmental Health officers last month.

“Following the visit, one item of incorrectly-labelled vacuum packed food was removed from the premises and has since been incinerated. That was the only issue found by officers and the club fully co-operated at all times.

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"AFC Bournemouth prides itself on food hygiene and has extremely high standards, as reflected in its five-star rating, which has been held for a number of years.

"This issue has been taken very seriously. All staff have received re-training and new procedures have also been put in place to ensure the situation does not occur again."

Louise Jones, the council's environmental health boss, said: “During a routine food hygiene inspection at AFC Bournemouth, Officers found some food which had been vacuum packed incorrectly. The food was removed due to the risk of it being contaminated.

“Overall we found the general standards to be good at AFC Bournemouth and they have already complied with the notice.”

* This article has been amended from an earlier version.