Tesco has apologised to a mum-of-three after she pointed out a problem in the makeup aisle.
Natalie was shopping in her local Tesco store when she saw security tags placed on Garnier's Skin Active BB Cream. But only the 'deep' skin tone product had been placed in a plastic box, while the 'light' shade remained open.
Both BB creams cost £6.75 in the Osterley, West London store.
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Taking to Twitter, user @nataliewestgate tweeted the supermarket with a picture. She accused Tesco of being "disgusting" and "racist".
Natalie said: " @tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!"
She added: "I understand you have to security box items but do you think it is ok to only have the dark range security boxed and not the entire range. Please ask your race and ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group what they think to security only boxing the dark range then get back to me."
A spokesperson for Tesco told the ECHO : "We are deeply sorry that this has happened. This was a case of human error in the store and these products should not have been security tagged.
"It’s really important to us that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome, and the tags have now been removed.”
Staff at the store have also been reminded of the importance of ensuring the appropriate use of security tags.
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