LoginFarmer fined over dead animals
A farmer has been fined for leaving dead sheep and calves to rot on farmland for months
Posted 26 February 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Health and Safety|East Midlands
UPDATES: A Derbyshire farmer and butcher has been fined after failing to dispose of animal carcasses promptly, illustrating the legal responsibilities surrounding animal by-products and the public health risks of non-compliance.
Farmer Richard Hobday was fined at Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court in Chesterfield on February 18, 2019 following a successful prosecution brought by Derbyshire County Council’s trading standards.
Hobday – who is also a butcher – pleaded guilty at a hearing in January for failing to clear up rotting animal carcasses from land at Elton Moor. Some of the remains were discovered in Feb...
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