Australian retail giant Coles Supermarkets told the magistrates court in Launceston yesterday [Monday] that it is not guilty of selling food unfit for human consumption.

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The retailer found itself facing charges together with Dairy Bell Ice Cream after a medical dressing was allegedly found in a two-litre container of Savings Ice Cream.


The product was purchased on 3 December last year, at a Coles store in Mowbray.


Magistrate Peter Wilson adjourned the hearing until 24 October.

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