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  • Reviews of horse meat scandal announced

    THE WAY in which the Food Standards Agency (FSA) responded to the horse meat scandal will be assessed as part of an independent review.                           Whilst the agency’s…

  • Takeaway burgers contain horse DNA

    TWO BEEFBURGER products sold through takeaways have been found to contain horse DNA.   In its latest round of testing, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed the results for four of the remaining five samples relating to its UK-wide sampling…

  • Whitbread burger given the OK

    A WHITBREAD BURGER that tested positive for horse DNA above the 1% threshold has now been shown to contain less than 1% horse meat.   On March 26th, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) advised that a Whitbread burger had tested…

  • Footprint Forum Report: Holding out for a hero

    IN EUROPE, genetically modified crops have remained in labs while the rest of the world plants more and more. Does the technology need a champion?  It seemed apt that the Footprint Forum to discuss the sensitive issue of genetically modified (GM) crops took…

  • The political print: The blame game

    NO SOONER had the horse meat scandal erupted than the blame game began. ’Twas ever thus. Every scandal needs a villain and there’s no more convenient villain than one that is unidentifiable.                …

  • Horse meat found in Edinburgh schools

    A BATCH OF frozen mince containing between 1% and 5% horse meat was supplied to a primary school in Edinburgh prior to the product being recalled by distributor 3663.   Eighty-five meat product samples have been taken from the City…

  • Butcher takes responsibility for halal chicken contamination

    THE BUTCHER who supplied catering firm Chartwells with halel-labelled chicken sausages contaminated with pork has “taken full responsibility” for the supply chain breach.   Westminster City Council (WCC) found traces of pork DNA in the sausages as part of its…

  • Sodexo names suppliers of contaminated products

    CATERING FIRM Sodexo has revealed the two suppliers of meat products in its chain that tested positive for horse DNA. The affected burger was from Brakes while the two mince products were supplied by Vestey.          …

  • A taste for tripe

    UK CONSUMERS have become ‘squeamish’ about eating certain cuts but a new report argues that meat – including offal – needs to be valued rather than wasted.    Fergus Henderson will be pleased. A report published last month by WWF-…

  • Sodexo reacts to horsemeat secrecy claims

    SODEXO HAS reacted to claims that it is failing to publicly disclose information relating to the contamination of frozen beef products in its supply chain.   Speaking in the House of Commons last week, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh stated…