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French Meat Processor Has Re-Opened with a New Name - La Lauragaise.
Jul 31, 2013Spanghero, the French meat processor that was linked to the horsemeat contamination scandal in Europe earlier this year, has re-opened with a new name - La Lauragaise. The company has been renamed after the region where it is located - in ...
Tags: Meat Firm, meat processor
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Greencore Has Reported a Significant Increase in Its Half-Year Results
Jun 5, 2013Greencore has reported a significant increase in its half-year results, despite the problems it has faced with the horsemeat contamination scandal. Coveney acknowledged that the UK retail environment was a tough one The convenience ...
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Ireland Plans to Set up a New Centralized Equine Database
May 7, 2013Ireland has announced plans to set up a new centralized equine database, in response to the Europe-wide horsemeat scandal. The information on the database will be used by the agriculture department's veterinary staff to supplement current ...
Tags: Centralized Equine Database, Food
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FSA Would Launch a Review Into Its Handling of The Horsemeat Scandal
Apr 19, 2013The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that it would launch a review into its handling of the horsemeat scandal. The food safety watchdog announced this at a board meeting in Cardiff. The independent investigation will be led by ...
Tags: Horsemeat Scandal, Food
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Hilton Food Group to Ride out The Recent Horsemeat Contamination Issue Unscathed
Mar 29, 2013Meat packer Hilton Food Group, which supplies retailers such as Tesco, is expected to ride out the recent horsemeat contamination issue unscathed, following publication of its preliminary results for 2012 which showed sales up 5% to 1bn. ...
Tags: Hilton Food, Food, Meat
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IKEA Is Set to Re-Launch Its Trademark Meatballs at Its Stores in Europe
Mar 25, 2013Swedish retailer IKEA is set to re-launch its trademark meatballs at its stores in Europe after last month’s horsemeat contamination scandal, which caused the company to withdraw the products from the shelves. In February, IKEA ...
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Tesco Has Recalled A Line of Its Own Brand Frozen Meat Loaf After Tests Revealed
Mar 14, 2013UK-based supermarket chain Tesco has recalled a line of its own brand frozen meat loaf after tests revealed that the product contained 2% to 5% horsemeat. The frozen meatloaf is labelled as Simply Roast Meatloaf. It was manufactured by ...
Tags: Tesco, frozen meat loaf, horsemeat
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Beef Meals Have Been Taken off The Menu of Schools in Northamptonshire by Adverse Impacts
Mar 13, 2013A supplier that provides beef products to several schools Northamptonshire, UK, is the latest to join the widening horsemeat scandal, after its beef products were found to contain horsemeat. In a testing that was conducted nationally, one ...
Tags: beef products, Northamptonshire, horsemeat
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Birds Eye Announced That Horsemeat Contamination in Some of Its Products in UK
Mar 7, 2013Frozen food producer Birds Eye has announced that horsemeat contamination in some of its products in UK and Ireland was caused as a result of the meat supplied by Irish meat processor QK. In February, testing revealed that Birds Eye ...
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Portuguese Authorities Seized 87 Tons of Processed Beef Products
Mar 4, 2013Portuguese authorities have announced that they have seized 87 tons of processed beef products that were contaminated with horsemeat. The country's Food Safety Agency said in a statement that it has withdrawn nearly 19,000 pre-packed beef ...
Tags: Portuguese authorities, processed beef products, horsemeat
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IKEA Withdraws Some Products From Its Store Shelves Products Contained Traces of Horse DNA
Mar 1, 2013Swedish retailer IKEA is withdrawing certain minced meat products from its store shelves after the tests revealed that the products contained traces of horse DNA. The company is withdrawing Familjen Dafgard's wiener sausages from stores ...
Tags: IKEA, minced meat products, horse DNA
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Nestle Has Announced That It Has Halted Beef Supplies From a Spanish Supplier Servocar
Feb 28, 2013Swiss food company Nestlé has announced that it has halted beef supplies from a Spanish supplier Servocar after tests found that the products contained traces of horse DNA. Following this development, the company is recalling the ...
Tags: food company, Nestle, Servocar, horse DNA
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Sainsbury's Was The Only Retailer to Increase Its Market Share in The Last Three Months
Feb 27, 2013Sainsbury's was the only retailer to increase its market share in the last three months, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer increased its share from 16.9% to 17% in the 12 weeks ended 17 February, beating ...
Tags: Sainsbury, market share, Kantar Worldpanel
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BMC Has Initiated a Recall of Its Beef
Feb 25, 2013UK-based Burger Manufacturing Company (BMC) has initiated a recall of its beef burgers after testing showed that the three samples contained at least 1% horse meat, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The tests were carried out ...
Tags: BMC, beef burgers, Food
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Birds Eye Pulls Three Beef Ready Meals From Supermarkets in The UK
Feb 25, 2013Birds Eye has pulled three beef ready meals from supermarkets in the UK and Ireland as a precaution after a product it sells in Belgium tested positive for horse DNA. The company said today (22 February) its 340g Traditional Spaghetti ...
Tags: Horsemeat, beef, Beef Lasagne