A North London shopkeeper has been fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables following an investigation by the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate (HMI).
Sadin Kilic, owner of Bin Diyar Ltd which trades under the name ‘Hilal Supermarket’ in Edmonton, North London, was sentenced at Tottenham Magistrates Court on 25 June 2015.
The HMI investigation found 9 regulated displays breaking the EU marketing rules. Of these, 3 failed to meet the lowest marketable quality permitted for both specific and general marketing standards (including rots in aubergines, pears and limes). 8 displays also failed to meet the statutory labelling requirements
Mr Kilic pleaded guilty to 8 of the 9 charges. The charge relating to the limes was dropped as Mr Kilic claimed they were not on offer for sale. He was fined £900 for the offences, £500 for the prosecution’s costs and a £20 victim surcharge. In sentencing, the magistrates observed that this was something that had been going for many years, with multiple warnings that Mr Kilic had failed to rectify.
