January 29, 2013

Horsemeat in burgers traced to Polish suppliers


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/27/horsemeat-burgers-traced-polish-suppliers

Polish suppliers were responsible for the horsemeat in beefburgers scandal which hit supermarkets including Tesco, the Irish government has revealed.

Tests in recent days showed raw material imported by an Irish processing plant from Poland had up to 20% equine DNA. Products made for Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Iceland were implicated in the initial scare this month caused by food standards checks late last year.

Other UK chains withdrew products made at Silvercrest, County Monaghan, and Dalepak Hambleton in north Yorkshire, both owned by the Irish-based ABP Food Group. Burger King also stopped using burgers made at Silvercrest, which suspended production more than a week ago and is now being deep cleaned.

More than 10m beefburgers are thought to have been removed from sale because of the scare, although authorities in the UK and Ireland have repeatedly said they posed no threat to human health.

4 comments:

  1. There is nothing wrong with horse meat... -_-

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    1. Tell that to the Brits who disagree with the rest of Europe, the Mongolians and Kazahks.

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  2. It's probably even an improvement. :3

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