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According to an investigation by Farmers Weekly, the supplier’s meat was used to make ready meals and other foods in major supermarkets.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) may be subject to tighter control by the government after fraudulent pork products were allegedly found at supermarket shelves. Therésè Coffey, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) secretary, told the House of Commons on Thursday she would look at bringing the FSA under her department’s control.

According to a Farmers Weekly investigation, one of the top food producers in the UK has been selling merchants mislabeled and occasionally rotten meat up until at least the end of 2020. The supplier’s meat was reportedly used to make ready meals, quiches, sandwiches, and other foods sold in Tesco, Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, and Marks & Spencer.

Investigation launched into reports rotten meat has been sold for years in some UK supermarkets