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A company has appeared in court accused of selling goods at Marks and Spencer in Guisborough containing less than the quantity stated on its packaging.

Baselica Limited, trading as Fine Italian Foods, appeared at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday facing two charges.

These were:

• Selling pre-packaged goods containing less than the stated quantity and a packer failing to comply with their duty to measure and carry out checks.

• The first charge concerns a jar of Mariangela Prunotto brand ‘Apricot in Syrup’, sold at the Marks and Spencer Foodhall in Guisborough on November 21, 2017, which had a drained weight of 400g on its packaging, when the quantity of the goods was allegedly found to be less than that stated - 374.1g.

• The second charge says Baselica failed to measure the product contained in each package or to carry out checks using a system of sampling and tests which were sufficiently rigorous to meet regulations between November 11, 2017 and November 21, 2017.

The company is based at the High Street, Sevenoaks, in Kent.

The case was adjourned until October 3.