A UK supermarket that was found to be selling fake British beef has been named. An investigation into food fraud has now been started, but the supermarket itself is not under investigation.
Booths has 27 different stores across the North West of England - including branches in Hale Barns, Preston, Knutsford and Ormskirk.
But now an investigation has been launched, after products labelled as British-sourced which had actually been imported from South America and Europe, were found in stores.
While the company itself is not being investigated, the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) is looking into how the products ended up on its shelves and is probing one of its suppliers, the BBC reports.
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