Asda store fined £75,000 for selling out of date food

Asda Stores Ltd has been fined £75,000 at Nottingham Crown Court today (10 November) for selling out of date foods at its West Bridgford store, including a pack of haslet five months past its use by date.

The company pleaded guilty to one offence against the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations 2013.

The vast majority of items that were found to have past their use by date during the inspection were chilled meat products – selling food past its use by date is deemed to be a criminal offence.

An Asda spokesperson said:

Most out of date items were chilled meat products Credit: PA

The company carried out a date check of the store, refresher staff training and a high profile national staff briefing on date code management following the inspection.

Councillor Glynn Gilfoyle, Chair of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Community Safety Committee, said:

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Trading Standards officers inspected the store on 29 April 2015 following a complaint from a customer who purchased two packets of ham past their use by date by 10 days.