Anorak News (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
HAVING run out of people to DNA test the Government is keeping its hand in by sampling our meat. The BBC tested the meat at 40 pubs and discovered that 20 per cent of samples labelled “local” beef in south-west England were foreign. Furthermore, one plate of mince and carrots was responsible for the Omagh bomb [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
A significant amount of beef sold as 'British' actually comes from abroad, a BBC investigation finds.
Good Food Shops (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
I was listening to the radio yesterday and was alarmed to hear that 20% of samples taken from beef labelled as local or British in pubs and restaurants in south-west England was foreign. During the undercover investigation, the BBC secretly took samples of beef from 40 pubs or restaurants and sent it off for DNA-analysis. Scientists found that eight of the samples had the DNA of exotic cattle that...
