GUELPH (Oct 8, 2008) -- The owner of a downtown tattoo shop was fined $400 this week after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health Protection and Promotion Act. Joan Larsen, owner of Stigmata Body Art, admitted she failed to comply with an order issued in July 2007 by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health to produce the results of spore tests, which check for proper sterilization of equipment. The $400 fine was recommended jointly by the Crown and defence. Prosecutor Paul Dray said Monday that the shop is now "religiously" supplying test results.

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