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Asda store ordered to pay over £500k for food safety breaches

Barnsley Council said its Trading Standards officers had found 32 out-of-date food items for sale, spanning eleven different chilled products and totalling 581 days past their use-by date

Chris Brayford
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Cllr Wendy Cain, Cabinet spokesperson for Public Health and Communities at Barnsley Council, said: "We expect businesses of all sizes to only sell safe food, and this significant result sends a clear message that we will always put people's health and safety first, taking action where businesses fail to comply with legislation or respond to warnings."
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Cllr Wendy Cain, Cabinet spokesperson for Public Health and Communities at Barnsley Council, said: "We expect businesses of all sizes to only sell safe food, and this significant result sends a clear message that we will always put people's health and safety first, taking action where businesses fail to comply with legislation or respond to warnings."

A supermarket giant has been fined more than £500,000 for 'repeatedly' displaying out-of-date food items for sale at one of its stores in South Yorkshire. Barnsley Council said Asda had pleaded guilty...

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