Fall-out Continues: Tesco and Aldi withdraw ready meals produced by the French food supplier Comigel
Frozen spaghetti and lasagne meals have been stripped from supermarket shelves.
Frozen spaghetti and lasagne meals have been stripped from supermarket as fears over contaminated meat products spread.Retail giant shelves. Tesco and discount chain Aldi revealed it has withdrawn a range of ready meals produced by French food supplier Comigel. The move follows concern over contamination of products with horsemeat.
A Tesco spokesman said it took the step as a precaution after Findus beef lasagne was removed from sale. “Following the withdrawal of Findus beef lasagne, which is produced by Comigel, we have decided to withdraw our frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese, which is produced at the same site, as a precautionary measure. There is no evidence that our product has been contaminated and the meat used in the Findus product is not used in our product. However, we have decided to withdraw the product pending the results of our own tests.”
Aldi would not confirm if the products may have been contaminated or mislabelled. “Following an alert from our French supplier, Comigel, Aldi immediately withdrew its Today’s Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today’s Special Frozen Spaghetti Bolognese from stores as a precautionary measure,” it said.
“Comigel has flagged concerns that the products do not conform to specification. They have been withdrawn immediately so that Aldi can conduct its own investigations into the factory concerned. These investigations are continuing.
“We will continue to maintain active scrutiny across our supply lines and will always put the quality of our products and safety of our customers first.”
Findus UK said it withdrew its 320g, 360g and 500glasagne meals as a precautionary measure after a labelling issue with its supplier was uncovered. The company insisted it was not a food safety issue.
“Deserving consumers’ trust is a key priority for us,” said a Findus UK spokesman. “As part of that commitment, we have been constantly reviewing our supply chain.”
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Straight from the Horse's Heart 
Wouldn’t be a shame if a consumer took their already purchased lasagne in for testing?
The implications are ghastly on all this hush hush stuff. Perhaps the elegant high priced horsemeat was a shill for the real use businessmen were putting the product to use as.
I hope beyond hope that the criminal world of horse slaughter is taken to the curb and gets its butt kicked!
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The implictions of this “horsemeat” scandal can prove to be advantageous for our horses. With this being more and more in the news, more and more people are getting information about the evils of horse slaughter. Now that French products (a country that values horse meat) are involved, this may force the EU to finally sanction slaughtered horses from the USA. This, in turn, may give those pro-slaughter politicians the room they need to change their attitudes about slaughter due to not having to cave in to AQHA and TB lobbyists. Without an outlet for their overbreeding, this may change the way they do business. Wishful thinking, perhaps. But with all the attention this is getting, it can only do good.
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I agree and have said much of the same before. Perhaps it is merely wishful thinking but the witch (name not required) has ridden her broom stick on the myth that horse meat is so valued across the pond and all I am reading daily is outrage. I am not certain if this outrage is over being mislead or that it’s horse meat. We did see a public protest in the UK to shut down one slaughter house so perhaps that too is a sign of change. (Hundreds of protesters march through Nantwich calling for closure of Red Lion Abattoir). It is my hope, that since we cannot count on our elected officials to act on anything, the market for horse meat dwindles so badly that there is not enough profits to be had. If that occurs, you will see the witch and her flying monkeys loose interest in the “welfare” of the American equine.
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Ops. Make that “Lose” interest. lol
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Honestly, where are the comments from each regional and nation’s food safety and quality agencies?
I don’t care what the cheating purveyors have to say. They are documented liars and cheats.
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“Imported food rarely inspected” … so are we eating horse meat too?
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-16-imported-food_N.htm
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Some wholesale stores such as Ross, Marshall’s, MAXX feature gourmet foods imported from all over the world. I would certainly be careful about buying any of those goods.
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OMG this is so outrageous, the fact that someone would take it upon themselves to knowing feed the unsuspecting consumer horsemeat , especially ones who love horses and would never ever think of eating or ever harming one, is so criminal, to me it is a vial horrendous act !!!!! The thought of having eating any one of these beautiful friends and to me they are family makes my stomach turn…………………..
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I grind my own beef for ground beef recipes….and hardly eating beef anymore at all.
Been to the mountain and know.
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