Pies contaminated with horse meat go to 47 schools
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Pies contaminated with Equus caballus meat bring been withdrawn from 47 schoolhouse kitchens inwards Britain’s Lancashire County.
The Lancashire County Council said it pulled the beef pies afterward they provisionally tested positive for traces of Equus caballus DNA.
The results of the tests on a prepared cottage pie from an external supplier were reported belatedly on Th even out too were passed on to the Food Standards Agency.
The incident is the latest inwards the horse-meat contamination scandal which has spread from Republic of Ireland too Great Britain across Europe.
Recalls proceed to live on announced inwards several European countries equally testing of products continue.
The Lancshire council said its catering service submitted a hit of beef products from its suppliers to live on analysed yesteryear Lancashire County Scientific Services, inwards accordance with Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidelines.
County Councillor Susie Charles, cabinet fellow member for children too schools, said: “We portion the concerns people bring virtually what is clearly a major occupation inwards nutrient supplies across the U.K. too Europe.
“Because of those concerns nosotros decided to seek extra assurance that our external suppliers were non providing whatever products containing horsemeat DNA, too ane of the products has returned a positive result.
“Relatively few schools inwards Lancashire utilization this item product, simply our priority is to provide absolute assurance that meals incorporate what the label says – having discovered this ane doesn’t, nosotros bring no hesitation inwards removing it from menus.
Nationally, 29 of the 2501 samples tested to were flora to incorporate 1 per cent or to a greater extent than of Equus caballus meat. The positive essay out results related to products or sources already identified. About 900 to a greater extent than essay out results are awaited.
The developments bring come upwards with evidence that British consumers are turning from prepared meals inwards their droves.
A ComRes survey for the Lord's Day Mirror too The Independent on Lord's Day newspapers flora 31 per cent of consumer had stopped eating prepared meals equally the horse-meat scandal unfolded.
The poll flora 53 per cent inwards favour of banning imported meat products until assurances could live on provided equally to the meat’s origin.
Forty-four per cent felt the British Government had responded good to the crisis, patch xxx per cent disagreed.
The poll involved the questioning of 2002 adults.
In other news, nutrient manufacturer Greencore has confirmed that its Chosen By You 350g Beef Bolognese Sauce, sold yesteryear Asda stores, contained 4.8 per cent equine DNA.
Greencore said it sourced products alone from approved suppliers, which are regularly audited, who insist that they inwards plow utilization approved suppliers. The companionship was so carrying out a thorough too comprehensive investigation to fully determine how its provide chain came to live on compromised, it said.
The companionship said it has received assurances from Asda that it remained supportive of Greencore too the steps it was taking with regards to this matter.
Greencore said it continued to participate inwards total with the intensive manufacture testing programme to examine the total provide chain inwards lodge to restore consumer confidence.
“All other essay out results on Greencore products bring been negative, too none of its other sites bring been affected,” it said.
Greencore produces 150 meg prepared meals a yr at its v British plants.
Other countries bring continued to study instances of horse-meat contamination.
Austrian regime said Equus caballus meat had been detected inwards tortellini dishes made inwards Germany.
Norway reported that lasagne products had been withdrawn from supermarkets afterward positive tests.
Authorities are reportedly investigating an slaughterhouse inwards Kingdom of Denmark suspected of supplying Equus caballus labelled equally beef.
In the Netherlands, a manufactory was raided on Fri with suspicions Equus caballus meat had been mixed with beef.
Meanwhile, British surround secretarial assistant Owen Paterson has asked the Food Standards Agency to investigate claims that the Government was warned 2 years agone that Equus caballus meat could instruct inwards the nutrient chain.
Former Meat Hygiene Service director John Young – the service is similar a shot role of the Food Standards Agency – told the Lord's Day Times that he helped draft a missive of the alphabet to agriculture subdivision Defra that he claimed was ignored.
Paterson told Sky News’s Murnaghan programme: “I bring discussed it with the principal executive of the FSA this forenoon too she is going to become dorsum through the records too come across just what was said at the time.
The missive of the alphabet inwards enquiry was purportedly to one-time government minister Sir Jim Paice on behalf of Britain’s largest horse-meat exporter, High Peak Meat Exports. It warned that the Equus caballus passport system was failing.
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