by JAMES MEIKLE, FELICITY LAWRENCE and PATRICK WINTOUR
Cross-posted from The Guardian
Scotland Yard has been asked by the food standards watchdog to investigate if there is a criminal element to the horsemeat scandal – as the food industry prepares to test every processed beef product line following evidence adulteration has spread from burgers to lasagne.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says information so far "points either to gross negligence or deliberate contamination in the food chain" and David Heath, the food and farming minister has said there is "every probability" criminality was involved.
newsferret
February 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Deliberate is my assessment – profits, profits, profits.
Donkey Whisperer Farm
February 9, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Hi Herman,
Yes indeed all for greed, money and more money!
Enough is enough they need to stop slaughtering Americas horses I am praying this will end soon. Kill buyers purchase these horses for dollars and sell them for hundreds of dollars to the meat buyers mostly butchering the horses in Mexico and Canada, so sad. Awareness is the first step to change. People have to be brave and take a look what is happening to the horses, Donkeys and mules.