Mislabelling of Co-operative lettuce

We are aware that one batch of Spanish lettuce packed for the Co-operative was incorrectly labelled with the Red Tractor logo.  This was an isolated error.

The product should not have been labelled in this way and the Co-operative has acted swiftly to withdraw the batch.

A spokesperson for The Co-operative Food said: “We can confirm that a small quantity of our own-brand little gem lettuce, which originated in Spain, was incorrectly labelled as being from the UK and Red Tractor.

“Accurate customer information on labelling is extremely important to us and our customers, and, as soon as the error came to light, we withdrew the incorrectly labelled lettuces, and are investigating this incident with our supplier to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.”