Supermarket chain withdraws meals after food safety exposé

SUPERMARKET chain Iceland has withdrawn a range of Indian pre-prepared food in its Irish outlets after an ITV investigation found unhygienic practices at a supplier’s food production plant.

The retailer yesterday confirmed that a six-pack onion bhaji product made by British producer Perkins had been withdrawn as a precautionary measure.

The investigation, aired on ITV’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald, led Iceland to take thousands of packets of Perkins’ Premier Nuggets off the shelves of their English outlets after secret filming at a supplier’s plant revealed poor hygiene practices.