Horsemeat (Supermarket Products) Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Kevan Jones

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Horsemeat (Supermarket Products)

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Business of the House
Thursday 17th January 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Heath Portrait Mr Heath
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We continue to keep our policies on labelling under review. In this case, however, it appears that it is not simply a labelling error. We are almost certainly talking about real criminality, and there are very clear laws in place to deal with such criminality.

Kevan Jones Portrait Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab)
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This scandal—because that is what it is—has affected supermarket chains in this country. What investigations have been carried out of the beefburgers that go into the fast food chains, and how confident can my constituents be that they are getting a Big Mac rather than a Shergar Mac?

David Heath Portrait Mr Heath
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Those investigations are under way to ensure that if this scandal is replicated in other low-cost beefburgers, it is picked up and we take appropriate action.

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