Authorities need to act over ‘high-end food fraud’, says scammed salmon firm

Chris Swales, the owner of Chapel and Swan Smokehouse, was scammed in a similar way to Neal’s Yard Dairy. Photograph: Supplied

The owner of a smoked salmon firm who lost tens of thousands of pounds in a similar scam to the one that defrauded Neal’s Yard Dairy has said authorities need to act against “high-end food fraud”.

Chris Swales immediately recognised the similarities when he heard how the London cheese specialist was scammed out of more than 22 tonnes of cheddar this month.