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Meat removed from car wash operating as illegal butchers 16 December 2020 | Whole and part beef, lamb and goat carcases were being cut in 'poor conditions' (Photo: Wiltshire Council) Over two tonnes of fresh meat has been removed from a Wiltshire car wash premises which was operating as an illegal butchers. Fresh beef, lamb and goat meat was removed from the car wash by Wiltshire Council's public health officials. They found the meat being cut and packed for delivery to be sent across the UK. Whole and part carcases were being cut in 'poor conditions', exposing the meat to the risk of contam...

5t of illegal meat seized in car wash raids >More in Meat found by inspectors at the first carwash © Wiltshire District Council Environmental health officers have seized more than 5t of meat from two hand car washes that were doubling as illegal butchers and processing plants. Officials from Wiltshire District Council swooped on the premises in Ludgershall on 27 November and found 2.4t of whole and part carcasses being cut and packed in “grossly unhygienic conditions”. Products including beef, lamb and goat meat were destined for ...

AN ILLEGAL meat processing plant has been raided and shut down by the council, the Advertiser can reveal.  The business, running from a second-hand car wash on Andover Road in Ludgershall, was supplying tonnes of meat each week across the UK.  Officers from Wiltshire District Council stormed the property on Friday, November 27 after fears were raised over the hygiene standards of the meat carcasses. They seized 2.4 tonnes of meat, including beef, lamb and goat meat, from the car wash. This is the second raid of its kind in the last two months. Environmental health officers from...

Parts of Hertfordshire will move into Tier 3 from Wednesday midnight. Credit: PA Politicians across south Hertfordshire have reacted to the news that parts of the county will be going into Tier 3. And they all have a common message - for residents to come together to bring the spread of the virus down. Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned of a "very sharp, exponential rise" in coronavirus cases in the south east of England, and plunged Watford, Hertsmere, Three Rivers, Broxbourne, parts of Essex, and the whole of London into Tier 3 from Wednesday midnight. The coronavirus rate in Watf...

A DECISION that’s left the future of a centre that cares for people with severe learning difficulties hanging in the balance has come under fire. Pressure on Wiltshire Council and charity Hft is growing after a whirlwind few weeks for parents of residents at Furlong Close. The facility had been earmarked to close next June, after it was announced in October. Now, Conservative councillor Anna Cuthbert, who represents Bromham, Rowde and Potterne, has raised her voice in support of the families. She said: “Wiltshire Council does not treat people in the way that we have treated the...