Cardiff TS fines Asda £640,000
Meat and dairy products past their use-by-date were found on shelves in two Cardiff stores
Posted 23 July 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Food and Drink|Wales
UPDATES: Cardiff Trading Standards has secured a substantial fine against Asda after repeated sales of out-of-date food, underlining the continuing importance of robust food safety controls and retailer compliance.
Supermarket chain Asda has been hit with a £640,000 fine after pleading guilty to selling out-of-date food at two of its stores in Wales following a prosecution by Cardiff Trading Standards.
During six separate inspections of Asda stores at Capital Retail Park and Pontprennau in Cardiff between January and June 2024, Trading Standards Officers found more than 100 food products that w...
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