Dairy Crest, which was fined over £1.5m, breached permit conditions allowing it to discharge wastewater from its Davidstow Creamery in north Cornwall, where popular cheese Cathedral City is made
The Davidstow Creamery, which operates round-the-clock, seven days a week, processes 1.3 million litres of milk from 370 dairy farms daily.
The company - which says it is the largest employer in North Cornwall - admitted 21 offences related to pollution and odour incidents at Truro Crown Court in December.'Beyond a joke': Anger after government refuses to back bid to protect waterways from raw sewage "On occasions it was so bad that people who lived locally were unable to leave their houses," he said.
She added:"We acknowledge that Dairy Crest Limited has been taking steps to remedy the various problems, but unfortunately these actions were not swift enough on many occasions and proved to be ineffective in stopping pollution."
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