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A company running two food premises in West Street in Reading has received a food hygiene rating of one out of five, and has been ordered to pay over £58,000 in fines, costs, victim surcharge and compensation, after Reading Environmental Health officers uncovered serious food handling and health and safety breaches.

On 2 May 2025, at Reading Magistrates Court, KBH Meats Ltd and Mr Mohammed Ayub were prosecuted for offences at Kenya Butchers and Just Fresh, both located in West Street, Reading.

The operator of both businesses, KBH Meats, pleaded guilty to eight food hygiene offences and four health and safety offences. It was fined £36,300, plus the Council’s full costs of £7,310, a victim surcharge of £14,520 and compensation of £200 for an injury caused to an officer at their premises.

Mr Ayub, manager of Kenya Butchers and Just Fresh, also pleaded guilty to eight separate food hygiene offences and three health and safety offences. He was fined £3,932 and ordered to pay the victim surcharge of £1,576.

The court heard that after Kenya Butchers had been formally closed in February 2024 due to a serious rat infestation at the premises, Environmental Health officers made multiple follow-up inspection visits over the following months to monitor the improvements required to be made by the business operator.

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