beef in supermarkets

carlos700

Does supermarkets like asda,tesco etc all use british beef ? and is it safe to eat beef from other countries .

ckerrd

Should be labelled with its origin.

Is there something specific about the second part of the question?

I have never had a problem eating "foreign" meat, poultry etc. imported into this country

On holiday I have even been known to drink the local beer,

liney

I'm sure it has to be labelled with its country of origin.

Personally i 'Buy British' whenever possible, to support our farmers, but i know of no health reason not to eat non british beef.

kunekune

Dare I say that beef from elsewhere may be safer? Should admit to being a kiwi when I say this.

carlos700

I thought with mad cow disease and all that supermarkets could only sell british beef as only british beef is safe .A friend of mine said this is not true supermarkets do sell non british beef .So i just wondered maybe i am wrong then ??

Quasar

carlos700 wrote: »

I thought with mad cow disease and all that supermarkets could only sell british beef as only british beef is safe .A friend of mine said this is not true supermarkets do sell non british beef .So i just wondered maybe i am wrong then ??

Well, mad cow disease for example was rampant here in UK, not in Europe, although a very few cases were recorded over there too. Lots of foreign countries DO have very high standards.

heather38

quite a lot of beef from south america is infected with foot and mouth, so i never eat beef from there.
i buy meat from a butcher and he slaughters his own meat, so it's local and british.

Penelope_Penguin

carlos700 wrote: »

Does supermarkets like asda,tesco etc all use british beef ? and is it safe to eat beef from other countries .

Why do you want to buy meat specifically from supermarkets? IME it's rubbish - beef is far too red, indicating that it hasn't been hung for long enough. It's then tough and tasteless.

For the last few years we've only bought meat from the butcher, or farm shop. It's usually cheaper, and always better quality. They're quite happy to tell me where it comes from - it's all British, and usually within a 10mile radius of here.

Penny. x

Robothell

heather38 wrote: »

quite a lot of beef from south america is infected with foot and mouth, so i never eat beef from there.
i buy meat from a butcher and he slaughters his own meat, so it's local and british.

Although, I think it's appropriate to point out that foot and mouth disease is purely an animal disease and cannot infect or cause harm to humans in any form or fashion. The only reason it's a problem is that the cattle can't feed properly cos of the sores in its mouth so the quality of the meat can suffer - it also spreads very quickly among the cattle and can ruin a farmer's herd.

I personally am from Northern Ireland and only buy local if I can help it, although I have eaten beef in other countries around the world (Oz and NZ have some of the best steaks I've ever eaten). I generally would avoid British beef after all the vCJD scares, although I'm probably being totally paranoid!

C_Ronaldo

liney wrote: »

I'm sure it has to be labelled with its country of origin.

Personally i 'Buy British' whenever possible, to support our farmers, but i know of no health reason not to eat non british beef.

Your right it does have to say what country its from adn if its from england then it displays the tractor symbol

ckerrd

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

Your right it does have to say what country its from adn if its from england then it displays the tractor symbol

Wrong I am afraid.

It means it is reared to NFU developed British Farm Standards, the food does not necessarily have to come from Britain (or even England - the two are not interchangeable)

http://www.ciwf.org.uk/littleredtractor/index.htm

Sheds some light on this

More info on food standards here
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=438522004