Horsemeat (Supermarket Products) Debate
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Lord Watts
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Horsemeat (Supermarket Products)
Lord Watts Excerpts(11 years, 4 months ago)
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Mr Heath
That will be the subject of the investigations being carried out. The low-level contamination suggests that it may not have been through deliberate falsification of labelling. It may well be that it is simply cross-contamination by error, but I am sure that the Irish authorities will look carefully at this. We are co-operating with them as far as we can, and we are very eager to know the answer.
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab)
The Minister said, “It’s not my fault” and puts the blame back on the Food Standards Agency. He has already made cuts and is proposing £11 million more. Will he stop those cuts in order to protect the vulnerable people in Britain from having food they should not have?