Story by Matt McGrath of the BBC An independent veterinary committee had “repeatedly expressed concern” about a drug found in UK horsemeat destined for export, the BBC has learned The discovery of horsemeat in UK foodstuffs is raising big concerns that UK testing regimes are not sufficient. There […]
Martin Hickman of the INDEPENDENT “Hey USA, What’s in YOUR Ground Beef?” Britons have been eating horse meat in “beef” ready meals for up to six months, according to a leaked document from the frozen food company at the centre of the scandal. Findus admitted in a letter […]
The Guardian, 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 as fears over contaminated meat products spread.Retail giant shelves. Tesco and discount chain Aldi revealed it has withdrawn a range of […]
By Ruki Sayid of The Mirror Supermarket staff removed all own-brand burgers from sale after a new investigation uncovered the batch of rogue meat at a supplier Fuming Asda bosses last night vowed to get to the bottom of the contaminated beef scandal that has left it with […]
By Debbie Coffey ~ Director of Wild Horse Affairs at Wild Horse Freedom Federation as it appears in the PPJ Gazette ~ Copyright 2013/allrights reserved “When wild horse advocates contacted the BLM with questions about my article and the sales of wild horses to Jim Reeves of Spur […]
By Ralph Riegel of the Irish Independent.ie “This was an imported problem in the Irish food industry and it is important to stress that,” IRELAND will spend millions of euro in a food promotion blitz to counteract the damage threatened by the horse-meat burger scandal. Agriculture Minister Simon […]
James Meikle, Felicity Lawrence and Jemma Buckley The Guardian, Thursday 31 January 2013 20.02 GMT Fast food company said test results at production plant revealed ‘very small trace levels’ of horse DNA in its products Burger King has revealed that some of its burgers were contaminated in the […]
By Katy Askew of Just-Food.com Tainted Horse Meat Scandal Spreads to Spain Undeclared horse meat DNA has been found in Spanish burgers, a leading consumer organization revealed today (29 January). Following the discovery of horse meat in burgers sold at retailers in the UK and Ireland, Spanish consumer […]
Story by the Belfast Telegraph “…they did not deliberately use horse meat in their production process” Horsemeat found in burgers came from imported ingredients, the Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed.The minister said results from tests showed that the DNA came from raw material brought into the Silvercrest […]
information supplied by the BBC ‘Unacceptable’ The FSAI said the meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire. It said they posed no health risk. The burgers were on sale in Tesco and Iceland in the […]
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