A Leeds store has been fined over £2,000 for selling out of date food

Tuesday, 8 March 2016 14:41

The company that runs a local Leeds shop has been prosecuted for selling out of date food.

Representatives of Winston Retail Limited, owners of Kasa, a convenience store and off licence on Dewsbury Road, failed to appear before Leeds magistrates.

The company was found guilty of knowingly selling cooked meats and dairy products that had gone beyond their use by date and not having procedures in place to manage food safely under Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.

The company was fined a total of £2,200 for the two offences and ordered to pay costs of £1,515.78 and a victim surcharge of £120.

When environmental health officers inspected Kasa on 15 September 2015 they found 14 packets of cooked meats and three yogurts on the shelves, some of which should have been removed from sale six days previously.

The items had been labelled by the store as out of date and were being sold at reduced prices.

A product with a use by date cannot be sold after that date.

Employees on the premises at the time and the store manager failed to provide any evidence of their food safety management system they are required to have by law.

To date the company has failed to responds to requests from environmental health officers to meet, discuss the case or answer any questions.

Councillor Mark Dobson, executive member for environmental protection and community safety, said:

“Although we’re not talking about massive quantities of food in this case, the rules are simple and clear. Use by dates are provided by producers to ensure people don’t get food poisoning. Anything that goes past those dates cannot be sold.

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