Horsemeat and Food Fraud Debate
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Baroness Donaghy
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Horsemeat and Food Fraud
Baroness Donaghy Excerpts(11 years, 2 months ago)
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Lord De Mauley
My Lords, the appearance is certainly that that is the case, but that matter will be part of the ongoing investigations. Perhaps I may add to my answer to my noble friend Lady Browning on whether we test stock, as in stock cubes. It would be very difficult to test stock cubes because there will be little or no DNA present in them.
Baroness Donaghy
My Lords, can the Minister assure the House that food taken off the supermarket shelves in response to these revelations will not appear in food banks?