British carrots labelled ‘grown in Spain’

Tesco has confirmed that a “small number” of its bags of British carrots, carrying the Red Tractor logo, were mistakenly labelled as having been grown in Spain.

After a photograph of a bag of ‘British carrots’ labelled ‘grown in Spain’ began circulating on social media, Tesco has confirmed that the bag was incorrectly labelled.

The labelling mishap provoked a flurry of concerned and bewildered posts after a photograph of the bag was posted on social media. Many were quick to raise concerns that the packaging carried the Red Tractor logo despite being labelled as grown in Spain.

A Tesco spokesperson said: “A small number of bags of our British carrots were incorrectly labelled as having been grown in Spain. We are sorry for the confusion caused and would like to reassure our customers that all of our carrots described as British are grown in the UK.”

Red Tractor has been contacted for comment.