A GINSTERS steak slice, pork sausages and cottage cheese — these are just some of the out-of-date foods that cost Tesco more than £160,000.

The supermarket was handed the hefty fine after almost four-dozen out-of-date items were found for sale on the shelves of Warfield’s Tesco in 2017.

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Some were more than two weeks out of date.

After a long legal process in which Tesco admitted to health and safety failures, the supermarket giant was told to cough up more than £167,000 including court fees as punishment for its mistakes.

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Now the News can reveal what Trading Standards officers found upon their visit to the Bracknell North superstore on 24 October 2017.

They discovered:

  • 30 garlic baguettes (multiple dates given)
  • Tesco own-brand cottage cheese (had no durability date and no foil lid attached)
  • A Skyr yoghurt nine days out of date
  • Two Tesco own-brand cod fillet fishcakes one day out of date
  • Tesco own-brand soya yoghurt 15 days out of date
  • Eight Tesco own-brand British beef sausages one day out of date
  • Tesco own-brand BBC Chicken sandwich one day out of date
  • Tesco own-brand free-from chocolate mousse one day out of date
  • Ginsters pulled pork slice one day out of date

Tesco bosses have issued a statement after the supermarket giant was fined £160,000 for having out of date garlic bread on their shelves.

A Tesco spokesperson said: “We accept that in 2017 a very small number of products were found to be out of date at our Bracknell North Superstore.

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“On discovery, we took immediate action to remove them, and have robust procedures in place to ensure that products on our shelves are within their use-by dates.

“This incident does not reflect the high standards we expect in Tesco stores.”

Tesco also told the News it took immediate action to address the health and safety issue once it had been discovered, before conducting a review into the incident and introducing additional training for staff on date-checking procedures.

The supermarket giant also claimed the processes it has in place for date checking of products on its shelves have been approved by Hertfordshire County Council — the authority in charge where Tesco’s head office is.