Health and Safety inspectors found a number of unsafe food items on display in February, 14 2024 and March, 20 last year
Asda in Huyton(Image: Liverpool ECHO)
A supermarket has admitted to breaching the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 by displaying food on its shelves past its use-by date.
Asda Stores Ltd appeared before Liverpool and Knowsley Magistrates’ Court yesterday, May 8, and pleaded guilty to six charges of breaching the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.
The case follows an inspection of the Asda Superstore on Huyton Lane, Huyton on February, 14 2024 and March, 20 2024. During these inspections, officers from Knowsley Council’s Environmental Health Team found a number of items of food on sale after the use by date had expired.
According to Knowsley Council, use by dates are applied to highly perishable foods that could become unsafe to eat if kept for too long. Harmful bacteria can grow to dangerous levels in food without the food spoiling or looking off.
These bacteria have the potential to cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable and elderly people. The use by date is the date until which the manufacturer can guarantee that the food is safe to eat. Food is legally to be considered to be unfit if kept after the use by date has expired.
The proceedings were adjourned until September 25, 2025.
Asda Stores Ltd said it is unable to provide further details until the legal process has concluded.
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