Asda has been issued a fine of around £640,000 due to selling out-of-date food at two of its stores in Wales.

According to a report by the BBC, a trading standards officer discovered 115 food items that were out of date at its Leckwith and Pentwyn shops in Cardiff.

Asda was issued a fine of £640,000 and ordered to pay £15,115 in costs and a £2,000 surcharge by Judge Charlotte Murphy.

An Asda spokesperson said: “We regret that out-of-date food was found on sale at two of our Cardiff stores last year and accept that our usual high standards were not upheld.

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“Since then, we have introduced a new date code checking process across all our stores, whereby every short-life product is checked daily so that customers can always buy the freshest products.”

Asda received four charges due to the sale of out-of-date food items following visits from food safety officers to the stores four times in 2024.

Last year in January, an investigation at the Leckwith store led to 36 out-of-date food items being discovered, while a second investigation on 8 May found six expired products.

Additionally, another trip to the Cardiff Gate store on 25 March led to 25 outdated food items being found, while a month later 48 products were discovered.

Moving forward, the retailer plans to implement a new system that involves checking short-life shelf items daily and checking on longer-food shelf life twice a week to adhere to the regulatory standards.

Earlier this year in April, Asda was also given a hefty fine of £400,000  after two of its stores in Cornwall were discovered to be selling expired food.