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No bone to pick with meat wholesaler
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A MEAT wholesaler escaped action at its third public inquiry after the Traffic Commissioner accepted that sufficient measures had been taken to address maintenance problems.
Masood Mohammed, from Foston, Derbyshire, trading as M Najib & Sons, with a 17-vehicle licence, had been called before Beverley Bell, the North Western Traffic Commissioner after a maintenance investigation.
The TC was also considering applications by the operator for a 12-vehicle licence in the North West, a two-vehicle licence in the North Eastern Traffic Area. and a three-vehicle licence in the West Midlands Traffic Area. No action was taken against the existing North Western licence, and the new licences were granted after the TC heard about steps to put matters right.
Transport manager Jordi De La Matti explained that a vehicle that had exceeded its inspection period was off the road because it was up for sale.
In addition, drivers had not reported defects properly, so they were being retrained. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) was to audit the company's systems and carry out pre-annual vehicle test inspections.
In 12 months, five vehicles had been stopped at the roadside without problems, and in seven months only one vehicle out of five had failed the annual test.
He undertook that all drivers would receive FTA defect reporting training by the end of May and the FTA audits would be implemented for each licence.
For the firm, Anton Balkitis said the older vehicles were being replaced. He pointed out that there had been no prohibitions since the last public inquiry in July 2007