Darlington pub landlord pleads not guilty to salmonella outbreak charge (From Darlington and Stockton Times)
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Darlington pub landlord pleads not guilty to salmonella outbreak charge
3:02pm Tuesday 12th March 2013 in News
A PUB landlord has appeared in court in connection with an outbreak of salmonella that left six people in hospital.
Phillip Armstrong, who runs the Copper Beech, in Neasham Road, Darlington, pleaded not guilty to a charge of placing unsafe food injurious to health on the market at Darlington Magistrates’ Court today (Tuesday, March 12).
The court heard that Mr Armstrong’s plea has been entered under the defence of due diligence, which argues that he took all reasonable steps to prevent a potential outbreak.
The charge relates to a period between June 2 and 19 last year when 31 people fell ill as a result of salmonella food poisoning after eating at the pub.
A case management hearing will be held in the same court on March 26, ahead of a three-day trial.
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Comments(8)
still here
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9:48pm Tue 12 Mar 13
Ally F
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7:56am Wed 13 Mar 13
The pub was subsequently inspected by Environmental Health on 26th July 2012....
http://ratings.food.
gov.uk/business/en-G
B/232977
hmmm.....
Boowho
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11:23am Wed 13 Mar 13
kevmacka
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11:44am Wed 13 Mar 13
http:// await the facts before judging?????? hmmm..........
battboy77
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1:52pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Boowho wrote:You may want to try the alphabetti spaghetti next time you go!
I have eating there a few times and the foods wasnt cook the parmo was raw never will I eat from there again
battboy77
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1:55pm Wed 13 Mar 13
shirt of blue
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6:03pm Wed 13 Mar 13
battboy77 wrote:very amusing
Boowho wrote:You may want to try the alphabetti spaghetti next time you go!
I have eating there a few times and the foods wasnt cook the parmo was raw never will I eat from there again
NO EINSTEIN says...
4:18pm Tue 12 Mar 13
He did not intentionally give these people food poisoning, and can't be blamed for buying a bad bit of meat etc.
Even if you cook certain food perfectly, if its a bad one, its a bad one, i really don't think, in fact i know there was no intent here to make people ill.
His pub must be inspected by the council too, to which if it was below standard they would of shut him down.
(And no i don't know him, its just common sense) something that seems to be missing these days.