Asda fined for selling rotten food

Asda has been fined £80,000 after selling out of date food including a pack of lamb chops more than a month past its use-by-date.

As well as the lamb chops, trading standards officers who visited Asda stores in Newport and Cwmbran found 38 items that were one day past their use-by date, 17 items were two to five days over, and three items were seven days over.

Asda pleaded guilty to all 59 charges and was fined £78,750 and ordered to pay the case leaders, Torfaen Council, £10,000 legal costs.

Torfaen councillor Glyn Caron, executive member for public protection, said: "This case shows that with solid evidence our Torfaen trading standards team will prosecute businesses who are breaking the law on food safety.

"Trading standards officers went into Cwmbran Asda to follow up a complaint from a member of the public.

"We then worked with our colleagues in Newport who investigated their Asda store."

He added: "It does not matter how big or small the business, if the evidence is there we will prosecute to make sure the public are protected when purchasing food."

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