Labour says there are “very serious questions to answer”
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Investigations are looking into beef from South America and Europe being sold as British by a UK supermarket.
The National Food Crime Unit hasn’t named the retailer – and says it’s not a food safety issue – but a matter of food fraud.
The issue affects pre-packed sliced meat and deli products, which have been removed from sale – not minced beef, burgers or steak.
Labour says there are “very serious questions to answer” about how a UK supermarket has become involved in a beef fraud investigation
Andrew Quinn, Deputy Head of the National Food Crime Unit at the Food Standards Agency said: “The unit is investigating how one UK retailer was supplied with pre-packed sliced meat and deli products labelled as British when they were in fact sourced from South America…
