Horsemeat (Supermarket Products) Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Stephen Mosley

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Horsemeat (Supermarket Products)

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Business of the House
Thursday 17th January 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I know that it is a convenient fiction, but I can honestly say that I am not personally responsible for having mislabelled horsemeat in the Republic of Ireland. I am confident that the FSA is doing a very good job in this country and will continue to do so.

Stephen Mosley Portrait Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)
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There are suggestions that the future of the red tractor mark may be at threat. The red tractor mark guarantees the high quality of UK produce. Is this issue not a sign that we should be backing such schemes and increasing their use in the future?

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Producer-led and processor-led quality assurance schemes are a valuable tool for consumers, enabling them to know exactly the provenance of what they are eating, and the welfare conditions under which the animals, in the case of meat, have been kept. That is to be recommended to the industry and the consumer.

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