Conroy’s Smallgoods, a family-owned business, pleaded guilty in Adelaide Magistrates Court to four breaches of hygiene standards at its Bowden factory and was fined $8,000.

The breaches included storing meat in a chill room contaminated by grease, keeping a soiled pallet in a meat storage area and inappropriate and poorly-located handwashing facilities.

The breaches were detected during a random audit by Primary Industries and Resources SA in February last year.

Conroy’s told the court there had been oversight and a breakdown in processes.