Horse-meat scandal affects frozen food sales at Tesco

Tesco inwards United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland reported a autumn inwards the sale of frozen foods as well as chilled convenience meals every bit a consequence of the horse-meat contamination scandal before this year.

The uncovering of Equus caballus heart inwards processed beef products resulted inwards the recollect of tens of millions of ready-made meals from supermarkets across Europe. The scandal, which affected virtually EU nations, highlighted the complexities of the nutrient chain as well as its vulnerability to rogue traders.

Tesco, inwards its just-released outset quarter interim administration statement, said surgery inwards every nutrient category was stronger inwards the outset quarter than inwards the concluding 2 months of the prior year, alongside the exception of frozen foods as well as chilled convenience meals.

Since Jan this twelvemonth it had completed nearly 1500 tests on its own-brand heart ranges, which identified 4 frozen beef products contaminated yesteryear equine DNA.

The 4 products were withdrawn, reformulated as well as reintroduced, alongside novel suppliers.

Tesco said it had likewise accelerated its run alongside all of its suppliers to ensure that technical processes as well as specifications were of the highest standard.

It said online grocery sales remained the fastest-growing channel inwards the market.

Across Britain, full Tesco sales including VAT as well as petrol grew yesteryear 0.1 per cent as well as yesteryear 1.0 per cent excluding petrol, inwards what it called a subdued market.

Like-for-like sales, excluding both VAT as well as petrol, decreased yesteryear i per cent inwards the quarter – a similar tendency to that seen towards the cease of the previous year.

 

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