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Tesco's Record on Food Safety Violations

Tesco hit with £133,400 for out-of-date food fine June 06, 2008 | Coventry Telegraph
"Tesco, the UK's biggest supermarket, is turning its back on traffic-light food labels which indicate sugar, salt and fat in products, it has announced." Tesco is insisting on using its own labeling system.
Fined for selling out-of-date food January 23, 2008 | BBC News
"The various items of food purchased from Tesco had the potential to cause serious harm to anyone who consumed them."
Caught extending use-by dates May 23, 2007 | The Telegraph
"At Tesco, the use-by date on a batch of lamb was illegally extended by six days, food safety records were falsified, and an employee cut her nails using food scissors, it was claimed."
Glass in Tesco tortillas December 01, 2006 | Food Standards Agency (UK)
“Tesco Stores Ltd has recalled its own-brand Healthy Living Plain Tortilla Wraps because of the possible presence of small glass fragments.”
Foam in Tesco Bread June 12, 2006 | BBC News
“A supermarket giant has been ordered to pay more than £31,000 after a customer discovered a chunk of insulation foam inside a baguette.”
More Fines for Selling Moldy food May 02, 2006 | MeatProcess.com
“In a country-wide inquiry, Slovak Veterinary and Food Administration inspectors found mouldy meat for sale a central Tesco store and fined the firm €25,000. At another Tesco supermarket in Bratislava the inspectors reportedly identified more than 90 kilos of poultry in refrigeration that were over expiration date.”
Tesco Fined for Selling Moldy food in 2004 November 16, 2004 | The Evening Standard
“Supermarkets giant Tesco has been fined £25,000 after one of its flagship stores was found to be infested with mice and the store was selling mouldy food. The fine, one of the biggest ever handed out for breaches of food safety rules, will come as a huge embarrassment to Britain's biggest supermarkets chain.”