Every Little Helps

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Old Greg replied

6 October 2020, 14:40
If I could get a 10% commission on the fines for out of date food, I'd go round the gluten free section every week and dob them in.
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SueEllen started a topic Every Little Helps

6 October 2020, 13:57
Every Little Helps

Tesco fined GBP175,000 for displaying out-of-date yoghurts and baguettes for sale

TESCO has been fined £175,000 for displaying out-of-date food for sale.

Trading Standards officers found yogurts more than two weeks past their sell-by and 30 baguettes three days too old at a store in Bracknell, Berks.

Documents showed many food safety checks were carried out incorrectly. Bracknell Forest councillor John Harrison said: “Having food on your shelves up to 15 days past its use-by date is completely unacceptable.”

Tesco apologised for the breach involving “a very small number of products” in 2017. Long-life fresh items are checked every seven days, it added.

Mr Harrison, the member for Binfield-with-Warfield, added: “The level of penalty indicates how seriously the court takes matters of this nature.

“It is imperative that food business operators have in place good systems and that they are robustly implemented to prevent these things happening.”

[Edited to say: This why all retailers freak out if you find goods that are out of their use by date on the shelves.]
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