Confused Tesco horsemeat -plot thickens!

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Edwardia wrote: »

Whether it's true or not, the perception is that Tesco turned a blind eye to the junk being mixed into the value burgers by the processors.

Having read several articles about the cost pressure which Tesco puts on suppliers, IMO the processors may have been so close to the fiscal cliff themselves that they felt forced to buy in cheap from wherever - thinking that no-one would be able to find stuff in the burgers.

Whether Tesco is being economical with the truth or not, the future doesn't look good for the processors.

If Tesco won't deal with you, that's a big chunk of dosh lost. If Tesco says it won't trust the processor anymore, will the other supermarkets using the processor pull out too ?

Sometimes some good comes out of food controversy and if DNA testing becomes the norm that will make the food supply chain safer.

This is pretty much my thoughts on the situation. That the supermarkets put so much pressure on the suppliers price wise, the suppliers didn't ask questions when they came across cheap meat. Indeed it seems Silvercrest have been ignoring their agreements with the Supermarkets as to where the meat is purchased.

Edwardia wrote: »

Poland has been in the EU some years now, should be to EU standard now surely.

Sadly not the case at all. One only has to look at the high percentage of EU farmers flouting the rules on keeping pigs.