Horse meat inquiry plant closed

[The Straight Story]

A meat plant which was at the centre of the horse meat scandal has been forced to close over food safety concerns, the Food Standards Authority said today.

Farmbox Meats Ltd, in Llandre, near Aberystwyth, mid Wales, was one of the first two plants to be raided in the UK after suspicions it was passing off horse meat in products advertised as beef.

The factory was closed and its owner arrested in February, but it was allowed to re-open, with conditional approval to operate until the start of April.

But a spokesman for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has now said: "The FSA today informed Farmbox Meats Ltd of its decision to refuse the business approval to operate as a cutting plant and cold store facility.

"The business is entitled to appeal this decision, therefore the FSA cannot provide further details at this stage."

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/horse-meat-inquiry-plant-closed-29192934.html

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Dutch Officials Recall 50,000 Tons Of 'Beef' That May Contain Horse Meat .

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse meat, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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In all, 370 different companies around Europe and 132 more in the Netherlands are affected by the latest recall because they bought meat from two Dutch trading companies, said Esther Filon of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.

The food authority said in a statement that because the exact source of the meat cannot be traced "its safety cannot be guaranteed." The statement added that Dutch authorities have "no concrete indications that there is a risk to public health."

Filon said the recall covers meat dating back to Jan. 1, 2011, up until Feb. 15 this year, when the companies at the heart of the recall were placed under heightened scrutiny and faced criminal investigations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/dutch-horse-meat-recall_n_3052288.html

Jan. 1, 2011 forward !