A factory worker has been jailed for more than three years after tampering with food products used in Nando's and other high street restaurants.
Harvey & Brockless's products go through a metal detector before leaving the kitchen area, meaning they could not have been tampered with during the production process and must have been contaminated in the storage area of the factory. Jones raised further alarm when footage showed him mixing an unknown substance into raw ingredients that were to be prepared for production the following day.
Mehree Kamranfar, senior crown prosecutor for the CPS West Midlands, said: "This was an extremely disturbing case that could have had far-reaching implications had the defendant not been caught. Jones knowingly and maliciously contaminated food products that were going to be distributed to some of the most popular high street restaurants across the country.
Top news stories today Nick Martin, managing director of Harvey & Brockless, said: "This disturbing episode could have had awful consequences if Harvey & Brockless had not had such robust quality assurance and product recall procedures in place.