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Written question asked by Baroness Byford (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Thursday, 8 December 2005.


Eurofreeze (Ireland) Ltd

Question
Following the interception of an illegal consignment of chicken shipped from China, when they began tracing meat supplied from Eurofreeze (Ireland) Limited to other companies.
Answer

The Food Standards Agency were notified by the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland (DARD) of suspected illicit activity relating to repackaging and re-labelling at a cold store in Northern Ireland operated by Eurofreeze (Ireland) Ltd following DARD’s visit to the cold store on 9 November.This led to the FSA launching an investigation on 11 November, which included examination of records from the company to attempt to trace product supplied by Eurofreeze (Ireland) Ltd. to other companies.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2715; 676 c116WA
Session
2005-06
Subjects
China Labelling Imports Northern Ireland Misrepresentation Poultry meat Euro Freeze (Ireland)
Link
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