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Preston-based Shazan Foods makes ethnic frozen foods, such as samosas and kebabs, all of which are halal certified. The firm supplied the ‘chicken’ kebabs to Asda stores nationwide. Trading Standards prosecuted the firm for ‘causing Asda to sell chicken kebabs not of the nature demanded by the purchaser’.Preston Magistrates Court said the firm had been “reckless and negligent”, and ordered it to pay around £900 costs in addition to the fine. The case followed a complaint to Trading Standards by a consumer who bought a packet of Shazan’s Frozen Chicken Kebabs at Asda in Roehampton, London in June 2011.Ingredients declarationWhen cooking the product, the customer suspected it contained meat other than chicken. The ingredients declaration on the food’s packaging had failed to give any indication that the product might contain beef or dairy products. |
