Tesco confirms horse meat in spaghetti bolognese

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Tesco today announced that it had establish Equus caballus essence inwards approximately of its Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese.

It said it had carried out several tests next the product’s withdrawal from sale on a precautionary basis.

Tesco said close of the positive results were are at a line degree of less than 1 per cent, exactly iii tests showed meaning levels of Equus caballus DNA, exceeding lx per cent.

The fellowship too tested the Equus caballus essence for Phenylbutazone, a mutual anti-inflammatory drug used inwards Equus caballus which is banned from entering the human nutrient chain, as well as the results were negative.

Tesco Group’s technical director, Tim Smith, said the production was pulled from sale a calendar week agone every bit a precautionary mensurate because Findus products from the same mill were reportedly at guide chances of containing Equus caballus meat.

“The frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese should incorporate entirely Irish Gaelic beef from our approved suppliers,” Smith said.

“The origin of the Equus caballus essence is withal nether investigation yesteryear the relevant authorities.

“The degree of contamination suggests that [French company] Comigel was non next the appropriate production procedure for our Tesco production as well as nosotros volition non accept nutrient from their facility again.

“We are really sad that nosotros receive got allow customers down,” he said.

“We fix ourselves high standards for the nutrient nosotros sell as well as nosotros receive got had 2 cases inwards recent weeks where nosotros receive got non met those standards.

“Our deoxyribonucleic acid testing programme is nether trend as well as volition hand us as well as our customers assurance that the production they purchase is what it should be.”

 

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