The bosses of a pet food company have been fined for supplying meat to a professional chef catering for an Indian food festival.

David Pegg, 45, and William Uzzell, 70, of MG Meats were spotted making deliveries to chef Royly Da Silva in a car park and at his home in Swindon, Wiltshire, in a van called 'The Dog's Dinner'.

Investigators found plastic tubs of pet food were packed next to unmarked bags of raw meat inside the unrefrigerated vehicle, with nothing separating the two.

Fined: Pet food bosses William Uzzell and David Pegg (right) supplied food to catering chef Royly Da Silva, left

Deliveries: The suppliers stored pet food and raw meat next to each other in the unfefrigerated 'The Dog's Dinner' van. Pictured above, a sack of what appears to be meat is unloaded from the vehicle

Filthy: Investigators found raw chicken, samosas and prawn rissoles stored in a freezer in a garage (pictured)

They concluded there was a 'high risk of contamination' between the food for human consumption and the pet food.

Da Silva, 37, also led investigators to a lock-up garage where they discovered 'old, filthy' food containers covered in dirt and cobwebs.

There was also a chest freezer packed with beef patties, raw chicken, samosas and prawn rissoles for a London food festival attended by 15,000 people.

An earlier hearing was told the food was littered with congealed blood and dead flies.

Da Silva, who owned Indian and Goan catering company Royal Food, had boasted of a five-star hygiene rating and stated online he had 14 years' experience in the industry.

Pegg and Uzzell were each fined £8,000 after admitting five charges of failing to comply with animal by-product requirements. They also admitted failing to comply with EU provision on food safety and hygiene. Da Silva was fined £6,500 last month after admitting 16 food safety breaches.

Disgusting: The plastic tubs of food (pictured) were intended to be used at a Indian food festival in London

Health risk: Da Silva had boasted about his hygiene rating, but stored food in a garage (pictured)

The van used by the pet food company even had a canine-themed personalised number plate - AB07 DOG.

Photos taken by undercover council officers show Uzzell and Da Silva unloading sacks of meat from the white Transit. The vehicle also had a 1st place rosette on the back door, boasting of a 'Dog Food Award'.

A prosecutor for Swindon Borough Council said Pegg and Uzzell had exposed the public to 'significant health risks'.

Environmental health officers carried out covert surveillance Da Silva and the source of his meat products after receiving a tip-off from concerned neighbours.

They found deliveries being made at his home address and in a supermarket car park.

They discovered that Uzzell used to run a stall at a market in Swindon where he first met Da Silva.

Defending Pegg and Uzzell, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, Phillip Haycock said neither had a criminal record and had fully complied with the investigations.

Suspicious: Investigators at the unmarked garage where Da Silva kept freezers filled with food

Cluttered: Clothes, a bicycle and fridges stood side-by-side in the garage where Da Silva stored ingredients

Mouldy: The window frames of the garage where the food was stored were covered in dirt and grime (pictured)

He said: 'The defendants accept that their behaviour at the time didn't comply with the regulations.

'Since this incident the packaging of the meat that they supply for dog food - and the van itself - is compliant with EU regulations.'

He also claimed that the pair had no idea what Da Silva intended to do with the meat, and were merely fulfilling orders for him.

Magistrates chairman Peter Wells told the pair the bench viewed the crimes as serious offences and they each held a high degree of culpability.