Sainsbury’s was fined £58,000 and ordered to pay £46,500 costs by Crawley Magistrates Court on Monday (May 11) for selling food past its Use By Date in contravention of the Food Safety Act at stores throughout West Sussex.
Trading Standards Officers visited six Sainsbury’s stores in the county and found a total of 97 products on sale up to 12 days past their Use By Date. In some cases the Use By Dates were obscured from view and other products were not marked with a Use By Date.
Sainsbury’s was charged with 25 offences under the Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Labelling Regulations 1996. These charges related to stores at Horsham, Crawley, Worthing, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead.
The Horsham branch accounted for 54 of the out of date items found and £40,000 of the total penalty awarded was attributed to this store.
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