Food agency: was it negligence or deliberate contamination?
Two of the cases of horse-meat contamination of frozen heart too person products amounted to either gross negligence or deliberate contamination of the nutrient chain, Britain’s Food Standards Agency says.
The agency, inwards its strongest tilt notwithstanding on the growing scandal some horse-meat contamination of products labelled equally beef, said: “This is a really serious issue.”
It singled out lasagne from Findus, samples of which were institute to comprise betwixt sixty per cent too 100 per cent Equus caballus meat, too frozen burgers from Tesco, amongst Equus caballus deoxyribonucleic acid measured at 29 per cent, relative to the beef content.
“The testify nosotros convey almost the 2 cases, of the pregnant amount of Equus caballus heart too person inwards burgers too lasagne, points to either gross negligence or deliberate contamination inwards the nutrient chain,” the means said.
“This is why nosotros convey already involved the police, both hither too inwards Europe.
“We believe that these 2 detail cases – the frozen burgers from Tesco too the lasagne from Findus – are linked to suppliers inwards Republic of Ireland too French Republic respectively.
“We are working closely amongst the government inwards these countries to become to the origin of the problem.
“Our priority remains to protect U.K. consumers. People convey been bespeak whether it is security to eat whatsoever frozen heart too person products at the moment. There is no argue to suspect that in that place is whatsoever wellness trial amongst frozen nutrient inwards general, too nosotros wouldn’t propose people to destination eating it.
“In the detail cases of the Findus lasagne too the Tesco burgers, they convey been withdrawn from sale. Anyone who has them inwards their freezer should supply them to retailers equally a precaution.
“In add-on to the widespread testing nosotros are doing, we’ve instructed the manufacture to urgently bear out its ain tests on processed beef products to come across whether horsemeat is present.”
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