Public warning for meat overloads
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TWO OVERLOADING offences on meat consignments from the Continent resulted in a public warning for a South Wales operator.
C. Clode & Sons of the Wholesale Fruit Centre, Cardiff appeared before the deputy LA Ivor Pugh following convictions at Ipswich in 1976 and Canterbury in November 1978.
Mr Clode said the offences occured on refrigerated vehicles when his company was bringing return loads of meat back into Britain.
His drivers were not allowed to touch the loads or allowed on the loading bays, he said. They were only given the weight ticket when the vehicles were ready to be moved. On several occasions the tickets had been inaccurate. "The number of carcasses would be correct but the weight would not tally and it put our drivers in a bit of a trap".
When asked how he had tackled the problem, Mr Clode told the deputy LA that in the first place he had warned his drivers verbally but since the offence in 1978, he had been given his drivers a letter i structing them always to ha, their return loads weigh( when they arrived back in tl UK.
"If they now find vehict are overweight, they have telephone and we will ser another vehicle to off-load ti surplus. Fortunately this 1)1 not arisen as yet, although v are coming in from the Co; tinent on average twice week".
The deputy LA, issuing ti public warning, said he hopc there would be no furth( convictions in the future.