The owner of a sweet factory in Coventry has been fined for failing to keep the premises clean.

Moeen Mughal, aged 45, owner of Khalistaza Foods Ltd, based at Unit 6 on the Lythalls Lane Industrial Estate in Foleshill, was charged with failing to keep the premises clean and maintained in good repair and condition, failing to protect food from risk of contamination and failing to put in place a documented food safety management system.

Indian sweets are manufactured at the premises, which are distributed throughout the UK.

Its website says: “We guarantee great food, prepared by dedicated staff, using the finest ingredients and a professional service.”

But at Nuneaton Magistrates Court on March 1, Mughal and Khalistaza Food Ltd pleaded guilty and were each ordered to pay a £1,540 fine, £599 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.

The court heard a routine food hygiene inspection was carried out at the premises on August 5 last year, where food hygiene officers noted that cleaning was poor throughout the building.

The floor was dirty, with grease built up on and around cooking equipment, including the controls, and at wall to floor junctions.