How could I have bought Russian chickpeas in Tesco?

Tesco says it has not sourced pulses from Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Photograph: Southern/Getty/Brand X

Since September 2023 I have been checking food labels when we go to our local Tesco and Sainsbury’s for the country of origin and am concerned by what I found.

I bought Tesco dried chickpeas very clearly labelled “produce of Russia” and “packed in the UK”. However, in Sainsbury’s the chickpeas just say “packed in the UK” on the can, with no country of origin.