A baker has been sacked after he was caught urinating in a bin inside a factory supplying cakes to the UK’s leading supermarkets.
Manufacturer BBF say the incident happened in an ‘isolated area’ away from where its products are made, although that did not stop bosses swiftly removing the culprit from his job.
The firm had to cordon off part of the factory in Hull, East Yorkshire, and undertake a deep clean after the staff member was caught out. The company, which brands itself as ‘one of the UK’s leading ambient cake and chilled desert manufacturers’, confirmed there was no risk of contamination of its treats.
Its customers include a number of supermarket chains such as Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. The supplier formerly known as Bright Blue Foods says it takes hygiene standards ‘extremely seriously’.
It is understood the man responsible was suspended immediately and dismissed the next day. Bosses say the company ‘does not tolerate this kind of behaviour’. Confirming the news, a spokeswoman for BBF explained the factory is segregated into different sections.
On June 5 a team leader directly witnessed the member of staff urinating in an area dedicated to waste, situated away from the main production hall. The spokeswoman said the offender was then reported immediately and the company’s ‘stringent HR procedures were followed’.
She added: ‘BBF does not tolerate this kind of behaviour. The waste area was cordoned off straight away and fully cleaned immediately via BBF’s robust wash regime.As the waste area is situated away from the production hall, at no point was there any risk of food contamination.’
BBF has five bakeries between the UK and Poland, including the site in Amsterdam Road.
The Hull factory specialises in products including Christmas cakes, cheesecakes, crumbles and melt in the middle puddings.
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