Supermarket chain Tesco will be fined with £7.56m for selling out-of-date food in three of its stores. Tesco has accepted that it breached 22 protocols of the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations between 2016 and 2017 following an investigation. This came after Birmingham City Council received reports and sent inspectors to visit the stores.
Tesco has said that it was "disappointed" over this incident and will make sure that this doesn’t happen again.
“The company was handed the fine by a judge at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday and was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £95,500. It also had to pay a £170 victim surcharge,” an online news portal reported.
A Tesco spokesperson said: "We're disappointed that a small number of out-of-date products were found on sale in three stores in 2016/17. The safety of our customers is always our priority and these incidents are not representative of the high standards of safety and quality we expect in Tesco stores. We took immediate action to address this at the time and we want to reassure our customers that we have robust procedures in place to make sure that this doesn't happen."
