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8 year old beef in Tesco?

5fEtsd9Hs1LOR3SQftY9 · 2015-01-06 21:46:34

We bought diced beef in Tesco, but after eating it I looked at the label and it says "Slaughtered in IE 2007". Does this mean it is 8 years old, kept frozen then defrosted and cut up to be sold? It also says cut in IE533 and I was able to look that up - a meat processing factory run by Kepak Ltd in Ballymahon County…

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stephen77 Posts: 10,342 Forumite

7 January 2015 at 9:29PM

5fEtsd9Hs1LOR3SQftY9 wrote: »

If what is presumably EU regulated labelling had been clearer in the first place we would never have got worried.

Was the IE 2007 in a oval shaped marking on the back of pack?

If yes, or even on a bag in side the box. This is standard practise for whole range of products sold in the UK.

If its got meat in the product it will have this ID with the a few exceptions such as sandwiches.

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