Later, a former employee told the authorities that it had been common practice at Yi Jin King since 2016 to mix eggs close to their
sell-by date with fresh eggs and sell them under misleading labels, according to a report by Mirror Media.
Cookery queen Delia, 71, was voted as the chef most past their
sell-by date. She was chosen by more than a quarter of those surveyed, beating Gordon Ramsay and the Hairy Bikers.
Each package has a
Sell-By date of May 13-July 1 and bears the establishment number EST.
Mr Malone said: "The shops often rely on their suppliers collecting the food by the
sell-by date - but legally it's their responsibility and the shopkeepers are the ones who are liable.
The food included meat, soup, pasta sauces and yoghurt, some of which were six days past their
sell-by date.
An undercover reporter for BBC1's Whistleblower programme has claimed she found two supermarkets ignored
sell-by dates and repackaged old food at reduced prices.
Spar, in Heol Llanishen Fach, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, was selling food including quiche, cheese and milkshake between one and 10 days past their
sell-by date.
A sandwich-seller has been ordered to pay pounds 1,135 after he was caught selling food past its
sell-by date.
Most DJ-mix CDs are just Saturday night souvenirs, all the latest spun-sugar club hits slapped together and rushed into stores before the
sell-by date passes.
The court heard that in June this year he sold a packet of Bernard Matthews chicken which was 14 days past its
sell-by date. Four days later a council trading standards officer was sold a packet of sausages which was four days out of date.
A store has been ordered to pay almost pounds 6,000 in fines and costs because food in a chiller cabinet passed its
sell-by date.
A survey by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland found 23% of them placed a
sell-by date on raw chicken fillets which had no basis in fact.