Filler ingredient from Poland is the source of horse DNA found in beef burgers on sale in the UK and Ireland, according to Irish agriculture officials. Fresh tests on the suspected Polish ingredient have shown up to 20% horse DNA content ...
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The Irish government has declared a “major breakthrough” in the investigation into the horse meat DNA found in value burgers as “conclusive test results” link the source to an ingredient from a Polish supplier. ...
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Kerry Foods is launching a new Scottish range of regional specialities aimed at convenience retailers, through its Direct to Store business. The line, available in Scottish stores, includes eight meat and 11 yoghurt products, produced by ...
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Irish food authorities have announced that a Polish company is responsible for the supplying horse meat for burgers, a scandal which forced Irish and UK supermarkets to recall nearly 10 million beef burgers earlier this month. The latest ...
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Pro Mach’s division Ossid is all set to introduce its new leak-resistant stretch overwrapper, which has been designed for red meat, pork, poultry and produce packers. The new 500 intermittent motion overwrapper features an open ...
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A new web page from the National Pig Association will show whether food retailers and processors have pledged to stop sourcing pork meat produced illegally in the European Union. Around 40% of pork products imported to the UK from ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency has announced that horses that have been treated with the drug phenylbutazone or bute are not allowed to enter the food chain. The agency will conduct checks in slaughterhouses in order to ensure that horses ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency has admitted that it found traces of a cancer-causing drug in horse meat exported to Europe in 2012, but there is no link to the recent cases of horse DNA in burgers. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said today ...
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Russia has threatened to ban imports of chilled meat from the US due to the presence of feed additive ractopamine, in the latest in a series of food safety complaints from the ex-Soviet power. Russia is considering a temporary ban on ...
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Norway's largest food company Nortura has appointed Arne Kristian Kolberg as CEO. Kolberg, VP and executive director of production and processing for Nortura, will take up the post from 15 February. He succeeds Runar Larsen who recently ...
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Hain Celestial, a US-based natural and organic products company, has announced the launch of the Linda McCartney Foods new range of chilled meat free foods in the UK. The company noted that the new chilled range of products complements ...
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Russia plans to ban chilled beef, pork and poultry imports from Germany beginning 4 February over food safety concerns, according to Russia's animal and plant health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. Rosselkhoznadzor spokesman Alexei Alexeyenko ...
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C & H Meat is recalling approximately 79,400 pounds of marinated pork and chicken products as they contain monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is not declared on the label, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and ...
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Doubts have been raised about the validity of the DNA analysis that detected horse meat in burgers at Irish beef processing plants, as the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) refuses to release the scientific report of the findings. ...
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No traces of horse DNA were found in the second round of tests at Liffey Meats facility in Co. Cavan, Ireland, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The tests were conducted by the FSAI after an investigation conducted ...
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