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The baker of Hovis bread has been fined after a woman found part of an oven glove cooked into a loaf. The loaf of bread was full of shreds of cloth from an oven glove It was not until the hapless victim had begun to toast and eat a slice that she found the surprise ingredient.
On discovering the contamination she bypassed lunch and reported the matter to Omagh District Council in County Tyrone. The loaf, with added hessian-type cloth, had been bought from a local shop just before Christmas 2008. Magistrates in Omagh fined Hovis makers Premier Foods £750 earlier this month and ordered the company to pay court costs of £85.
The council's environmental health chief Barny Heywood said: "Environmental health officers work with food businesses to provide advice on complying with food safety laws. However, when they fail to follow that advice, formal action must be considered."
A spokesman for Premier Foods said: "We go to great lengths to assure the quality of our great British brands but on this isolated occasion we have fallen short of our usual high standards and apologise for any distress caused to the customer."
On discovering the contamination she bypassed lunch and reported the matter to Omagh District Council in County Tyrone. The loaf, with added hessian-type cloth, had been bought from a local shop just before Christmas 2008. Magistrates in Omagh fined Hovis makers Premier Foods £750 earlier this month and ordered the company to pay court costs of £85.The council's environmental health chief Barny Heywood said: "Environmental health officers work with food businesses to provide advice on complying with food safety laws. However, when they fail to follow that advice, formal action must be considered."
A spokesman for Premier Foods said: "We go to great lengths to assure the quality of our great British brands but on this isolated occasion we have fallen short of our usual high standards and apologise for any distress caused to the customer."
