Food trader jailed after selling fake halal meat to restaurants

A MAN sold what he claimed was halal meat to Indian restaurants and takeaways across south Wales, but it wasn't.

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Helim Miah, 46, has been jailed for over four years after an investigation also revealed “extremely poor food hygiene conditions”.

Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard that Miah and co-defendant Noaf Rahman, 46, sold halal-labelled chicken from their wholesale food business, but investigations later revealed their suppliers did not provide halal meat. The pair continued to falsely advertise and sell the chicken as halal to customers.

Cardiff and the Vale Shared Regulatory Services seized 2,840kg of frozen meat from Universal Foods (Wholesale) Ltd, Bessemer Close, Cardiff, in January 2019.

Their investigation revealed a string of food hygiene issues.