Horsemeat (Food Fraud) Debate
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Andrew Stephenson
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(11 years, 2 months ago)
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Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
My constituency contains the abattoir of Woodhead Bros Meat Bros Co., in Colne. Woodhead, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrisons supermarket, benefited from a £21 million investment last year and employs more than 700 people. All Morrisons’ meat and mince is 100% British-sourced. It uses its own abattoirs and maintains very high standards, as I have seen every time I have visited Woodhead Bros. Will the Secretary of State join me in praising retailers such as Morrisons which do the right thing and go the extra mile to ensure that their products are correct?
Mr Paterson
I have to admire the way in which Morrisons managed to penetrate every possible news outlet in order to promote its products.