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Helsett Farm organic ice cream owners fined over bovine TB milk Helsett Farm organic ice cream owners fined over bovine TB milk
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A mother and daughter who used milk from cows that had tested positive for bovine TB to make organic ice cream have been fined.A mother and daughter who used milk from cows that had tested positive for bovine TB to make organic ice cream have been fined.
Sarah Talbot-Ponsonby, 75, and Fredrica Allen, 43, admitted a series of breaches of food safety regulations relating to Helsett Farm in Cornwall.Sarah Talbot-Ponsonby, 75, and Fredrica Allen, 43, admitted a series of breaches of food safety regulations relating to Helsett Farm in Cornwall.
Helsett Farm organic ice cream is sold at shops such as Harrods and Selfridges according to the farm's website.
Magistrates at Bodmin fined each woman £1,670 and made each pay £3,750 costs.Magistrates at Bodmin fined each woman £1,670 and made each pay £3,750 costs.
The charges related to separate incidents of a failure to discard raw milk from cows who had tested positive for bovine TB and the sale of cow's raw drinking milk without a licence. The charges related to incidents of a failure to discard raw milk from cows who had tested positive for bovine TB.
They also related to the sale of cows' raw drinking milk without a licence.
Barry White, prosecuting on behalf of the Food Standards Agency and Cornwall Council, told the court Mrs Allen allowed milk from cows who tested positive for bovine TB to go into "the bulk tank" which was then used for making ice cream.Barry White, prosecuting on behalf of the Food Standards Agency and Cornwall Council, told the court Mrs Allen allowed milk from cows who tested positive for bovine TB to go into "the bulk tank" which was then used for making ice cream.
'Disastrous errors''Disastrous errors'
Talbot-Ponsonby then "failed to get those products back from the human food chain" once the "mistake" was realised.Talbot-Ponsonby then "failed to get those products back from the human food chain" once the "mistake" was realised.
The court heard the 300-acre Helsett Farm, near Boscastle, with a dairy herd of about 70, had never been registered to sell raw cow's milk. The court heard the 300-acre Helsett Farm, near Boscastle, with a dairy herd of about 70, had never been registered to sell raw cows' milk.
Mr White said: "Years and years ago when everybody drank unpasteurised milk thousands of people used to die every year."Mr White said: "Years and years ago when everybody drank unpasteurised milk thousands of people used to die every year."
In mitigation the court heard the offences represented a series of errors that had been "disastrous" for the family.In mitigation the court heard the offences represented a series of errors that had been "disastrous" for the family.
Allen pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching food safety regulations and one breach of food hygiene regulations.Allen pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching food safety regulations and one breach of food hygiene regulations.
Talbot-Ponsonby pleaded guilty to two breaches of food safety regulations and one breach of food hygiene regulations.Talbot-Ponsonby pleaded guilty to two breaches of food safety regulations and one breach of food hygiene regulations.