6 prosecutions were brought by the Councils trading standards officers between January and March.

The actions were;
• Keeping a dangerous dog (fined £474.65)

• La Vecchia Scuola Food hygiene (Fined £3000 plus £2000 costs)

• 2 builders who contravene the general duty to trade fairly (fined £408.50 each)

• 2 salesmen Chequered Flag Car Sales (15/5 months imprisonment).

The full list can be read by clicking here

The Council is also developing an enforcement policy for the regional “scam buster” which deals with rogue traders and eCrime (on line trading) teams.

In the last 15 months cases prosecuted by the York based teams have resulted in 14 defendants being sentenced to a total of over 28 years in prison for conspiring to defraud their customers and related offences.

A 38-year-old man is due to appear at York Magistrates’ Court charged with theft from a motor vehicle.

He was arrested at around 10am on Monday 10 June 2013, in connection with the theft of a Sat Nav from a car on White Cross Road, York.

Police enquiries linked him to the offence, which occurred on 28 May 2013.

He will appear before magistrates to answer the charge on Friday 28 June 2013.

City of York Council is urging residents to take care and think about food hygiene when cooking at home this Food Safety Week.

A new survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) shows that 86 per cent of those asked in Yorkshire admitted to one or more habits that put them at risk of food poisoning, including 33 per cent admitting they would eat food that has been dropped on the floor and 24 per cent not washing their hands properly before preparing food.

To help residents think about food hygiene at home, The FSA have designed a new Kitchen Check. The Kitchen Check gets people to look at their own food preparation practices and will provide them with a score and tips based on their answers.

The survey also reveals that 39 per cent of people in Yorkshire don’t check ‘use by’ dates, with 88 per cent of them using the ‘sniff test’ and 62 per cent just checking the colour – even though this will not always reveal whether the food is safe to eat.
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