MONMOUTH'S Riverside Hotel has been

fined £600 plus £800 costs for keeping food

past its use-by date. The case was heard at

Cwmbran Magistrates Court on Friday 5th

February. The operator, Foldstick Ltd, pleaded

not guilty to three offences under the Food

Labelling Regulations 1996.

Ioan Gealy, prosecuting for Monmouthshire

County Council, told the court that during a

routine inspection on 14th September 2009, a

council officer found three items of food past

their use-by dates in the refrigerator: a tub of

coleslaw, some beef mince and chicken fillets.

He said, "Under the Food Labelling Regulations

1996, you cannot sell food after its use-by

date under any circumstances, even if the food

has been frozen."