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Abattoir fined £12,000 after repeated 'warm meat' breaches

Oldham-based business prosecuted for failure to immediately chill meat and keep it below 7°C

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
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Higginshaw Abattoir, based in Royton, Oldham has been fined £12,000 for failing to chill meat correctly
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Higginshaw Abattoir, based in Royton, Oldham has been fined £12,000 for failing to chill meat correctly

A Greater Manchester-based abattoir has been ordered to pay £12,000 after being found guilty of charges relating to the dispatch of over-temperature meat. The prosecution was brought against Higginshaw...

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