A meat supplier is under investigation by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for allegedly breaching hygiene regulations. They supply schools, care homes and some of Britain’s most popular food outlets such as Wetherspoon’s, Jamie’s Italian, Tiger Tiger, Marston’s pubs and Butlins.

The FSA has begun an investigation at all the suppliers sites and other locations where their products are stored. According to the FSA, the supplier in question were unable to demonstrate compliance with food hygiene rules, so they have stopped any product from leaving their sites until assurances can be provided, that they are complying with legislation and producing safe food. Any affected product has also been removed from the supply chain.

In a statement, the supplier said: ‘The product recall was a precautionary measure because of mislabelling.

‘We have no reason to believe that the product was unsafe to eat.’

At Burt’s we believe health and hygiene, in our 450m² processing facility in East Sussex, is of the utmost importance.  So rest assured, we can give you peace of mind that all your produce is handled and processed properly. At each stage of the process, from arriving at our door to being delivered to the customer, we take care to keep your produce in the very best condition.

Deliveries arrive daily from our suppliers and random checks are carried out for correct temperature and cleanliness of vehicles. We store all our products in dedicated chillers for separation purposes and if we receive an order by 4am it’s guaranteed to be delivered the same day. All orders are prepared to specification to guarantee freshness and quality.

We allocate orders to one of our skilled butchers and their name is stamped on the box so we know who prepared it. We have a dedicated packaging area designed to make the handling process efficient so orders are not left waiting around and are dealt with quickly. Orders are labelled up with all the information needed for storage and then stored in dedicated chillers ready for dispatch by our own team in our temperature-controlled vehicles.

So if you’re interested in changing suppliers to one of the South Coast’s leading catering butchers, then be sure to give us a call on 01424 730417. We deliver wholesale meat and other produce to customers in Sussex, Kent, Surrey and further afield by arrangement…