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Lincoln crown court heard that there had been five complaints a week to the Environment Agency over the smells coming from the HL Foods factory in October 2007.
Residents living nearby had complained of being unable to eat, trouble sleeping and even of being physically sick due to the smell.
Inspectors found that the smell was emanating from open-topped aeration tanks ar the firm's waste water treatment plant which was being overloaded due to the failure of an anaerobic digester.
Other incidents of the unpleasant smell were put down to a variety of causes, with some due to problems with contractors, according to HL Foods.
After the hearing, Environment Agency officer Dominic Freestone said: "It is disappointing that we have had to resort to prosecution to get this company to 'up their game' and take full responsibility for the impacts of their operation on the local community.
"Operators need to understand that where persuasion and influence fail, we will take formal action."
Meanwhile, the Environment Agency has claimed that almost half (46 per cent) of companies in the north-west do not have a sustainability or environmental policy in place.
Quantum Risk Management are a leading Health and Safety Consultancy
Food company fined over rotten smell
A vegetable processing firm has been fined a total of £140,000 for allowing foul smells of rotten cabbage and egg to affect people living nearby.Lincoln crown court heard that there had been five complaints a week to the Environment Agency over the smells coming from the HL Foods factory in October 2007.
Residents living nearby had complained of being unable to eat, trouble sleeping and even of being physically sick due to the smell.
Inspectors found that the smell was emanating from open-topped aeration tanks ar the firm's waste water treatment plant which was being overloaded due to the failure of an anaerobic digester.
Other incidents of the unpleasant smell were put down to a variety of causes, with some due to problems with contractors, according to HL Foods.
After the hearing, Environment Agency officer Dominic Freestone said: "It is disappointing that we have had to resort to prosecution to get this company to 'up their game' and take full responsibility for the impacts of their operation on the local community.
"Operators need to understand that where persuasion and influence fail, we will take formal action."
Meanwhile, the Environment Agency has claimed that almost half (46 per cent) of companies in the north-west do not have a sustainability or environmental policy in place.
Quantum Risk Management are a leading Health and Safety Consultancy
Posted on 21/01/2009
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