Asda Stores Ltd fined £640,000 for food safety regulation breaches
Asda Stores Ltd has been fined £640,000 and ordered to pay £15,115 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £2,000 for four offences relating to the sale of unsafe food past its use-by date at two of its Cardiff branches. Shared Regulatory Services (SRS) inspections conducted between January and June 2024 found more than 100 food items past their use-by-date—some by up to seven days—including high-risk items such as meat and dairy products. The affected stores were located at Capital Retail Park, on Leckwith Road and the Pentwyn Superstore, at Dering Road, Pontprennau.