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BBC News
2 hours ago
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- BBC News
Barnsley Premier store fined for selling out-of-date food
A convenience store in Barnsley which repeatedly sold out-of-date food despite being warned to improve has been fined almost £9, standards officers first inspected Premier Kendray Convenience Store in Kendray in May 2024 when they found a number of items being sold beyond their use-by shop was served with a formal improvement notice but when officers returned in November 2024 more expired food was still on Trading Ltd, which operates the store, pleaded guilty to 15 food safety offences at Barnsley Magistrates' Court earlier this month. Barnsley Council said as well as out of date food, officers also discovered products lacking the legally required name and address of a UK business - vital information for traceability and consumer Cain, cabinet spokesperson for public health and communities, said: "This case sends a clear message that we take food safety seriously, and we'll continue to work with local businesses to make sure they're operating responsibly and within the law."The company was fined £6,000 and also ordered to pay a £2,000 victim surcharge and £951.26 in legal costs, bringing the total to £8,951.26. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
The Independent
16-07-2025
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- The Independent
Asda fined £640,000 for selling over 100 out-of-date food items
Asda has been fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food at two of its stores in Cardiff, Wales. Trading Standards officers discovered 115 expired items, some more than two weeks past their use-by date, at the Leckwith and Pentwyn branches. The supermarket faced four charges after food safety officers conducted multiple visits throughout 2024. During one inspection at the Leckwith store on 17 January, 36 out-of-date items were found, including five tubs of spicy mayo dip that had expired seven days prior. A visit to the Pentwyn store in the Cardiff Gate retail park on March 25 found 25 outdated items, while another visit to the store a month later found 48 items, including some that were 12 days out of date. A second visit to the Leckwith store on May 8 found a further six out of date items. Asda was given a fine of £640,000 and ordered to pay £15,115 in costs and a £2,000 surcharge. Asda said the prosecution related to food safety breaches that took place last year, when a different date code checking process was in use. An updated process that had been in place since November 24 involved daily manual checks on all short-life products and twice-weekly checks on every long-life product. An Asda spokesman said: "We regret that out-of-date food was found on sale at two of our Cardiff stores last year and accept that our usual high standards were not upheld. "Since then, we have introduced a new date code checking process across all our stores, whereby every short-life product is checked daily so that customers can always buy the freshest products."
Yahoo
16-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Asda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food
Asda has been fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food at two of its stores in Wales. Trading Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda's Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff. Asda faced four charges relating to the sale of out-of-date food items after food safety officers visited the stores on four occasions in 2024. A visit to the Leckwith store on January 17 of that year found 36 out of date items, including five tubs of spicy mayo dip seven days out of date. A visit to the Pentwyn store in the Cardiff Gate retail park on March 25 found 25 outdated items, while another visit to the store a month later found 48 items, including some that were 12 days out of date. A second visit to the Leckwith store on May 8 found a further six out of date items. Asda was given a fine of £640,000 and ordered to pay £15,115 in costs and a £2,000 surcharge. Asda said the prosecution related to food safety breaches that took place last year, when a different date code checking process was in use. An updated process that had been in place since November 24 involved daily manual checks on all short-life products and twice-weekly checks on every long-life product. An Asda spokesman said: 'We regret that out-of-date food was found on sale at two of our Cardiff stores last year and accept that our usual high standards were not upheld. 'Since then, we have introduced a new date code checking process across all our stores, whereby every short-life product is checked daily so that customers can always buy the freshest products.'
The Independent
16-07-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Asda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food
Asda has been fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food at two of its stores in Wales. Trading Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda's Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff. Asda faced four charges relating to the sale of out-of-date food items after food safety officers visited the stores on four occasions in 2024. A visit to the Leckwith store on January 17 of that year found 36 out of date items, including five tubs of spicy mayo dip seven days out of date. A visit to the Pentwyn store in the Cardiff Gate retail park on March 25 found 25 outdated items, while another visit to the store a month later found 48 items, including some that were 12 days out of date. A second visit to the Leckwith store on May 8 found a further six out of date items. Asda was given a fine of £640,000 and ordered to pay £15,115 in costs and a £2,000 surcharge. Asda said the prosecution related to food safety breaches that took place last year, when a different date code checking process was in use. An updated process that had been in place since November 24 involved daily manual checks on all short-life products and twice-weekly checks on every long-life product. An Asda spokesman said: 'We regret that out-of-date food was found on sale at two of our Cardiff stores last year and accept that our usual high standards were not upheld. 'Since then, we have introduced a new date code checking process across all our stores, whereby every short-life product is checked daily so that customers can always buy the freshest products.'
The Sun
16-07-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Asda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food in UK stores
ASDA has been fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food at two of its stores in Wales. Trading Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda's Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff. 1 Asda faced four charges relating to the sale of out-of-date food items after food safety officers visited the stores on four occasions in 2024. A visit to the Leckwith store on January 17 of that year found 36 out of date items, including five tubs of spicy mayo dip seven days out of date. A visit to the Pentwyn store in the Cardiff Gate retail park on March 25 found 25 outdated items, while another visit to the store a month later found 48 items, including some that were 12 days out of date. Asda said the prosecution related to food safety breaches that took place last year, when a different date code checking process was in use. An updated process that had been in place since November 24 involved daily manual checks on all short-life products and twice-weekly checks on every long-life product. An Asda spokesman said: 'We regret that out-of-date food was found on sale at two of our Cardiff stores last year and accept that our usual high standards were not upheld. 'Since then, we have introduced a new date code checking process across all our stores, whereby every short-life product is checked daily so that customers can always buy the freshest products.'
