A store proprietor discovered to be promoting counterfeit vodka deemed 'unfit for human consumption' has been fined.
An investigation was opened into Southport retailer Smackus again in 2019, after Sefton Council suspected the enterprise to be promoting pretend alcohol, the Liverpool Echo studies.
The drink was being bottled and labelled as Glen's vodka, with the council liaising with the store on how you can determine counterfeit bottles, discovered on sale in a number of places.
District Decide Boswell discovered defendant Mr Wojtek Lazarz responsible of two expenses, and the corporate, Smakus Meals Restricted, responsible of 1 at Sefton Magistrates Court docket on Wednesday.
Mr Lazarz was fined £1,450 and Smakus Meals Restricted, £1,050, whereas Sefton Council acquired £1,000 in the direction of its prices.
Mr Lazarz’s unhelpful method when questioned concerning the counterfeit alcohol led to the council’s choice to taking authorized motion.
Sefton Council described the counterfeit vodka as "unfit for human consumption".
Cllr Paulette Lappin, Sefton Council’s Cupboard Member for Regulatory, Compliance and Company Providers, stated: “Promoting pretend alcohol that would have a severe impact on folks’s well being is a particularly severe matter and the Meals Requirements Company has made it a nationwide precedence of their work.
“I'm, due to this fact, delighted that the Council’s Environmental Well being and Authorized Providers groups have efficiently carried out this investigation and prosecution as a part of their work to guard native folks and stop this harmful exercise.”
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