A ban on foreign meat imports please

[Arginald Valleywater]

The French ban UK product when a cow farts too loudly. So we'll be banning foreign meat until the supply chain is cleared up right? Er no. Our politicians are a bunch of spineless choad sniffers. This is an ideal chance to support our highly regulated and taxed food industry and instead you piss on their faces.
Screw the EU let's look after our own for a change.

[RoddersUK]

I couldn't agree more.
We will not be buying anymore "processed" beef products from any supermarket from now on. We will be travelling a bit further than our nearby Sainsburys and support a good English butcher.
In some ways this is probably the wake up call that is needed. The supermarkets will now be forced to verify their products, and if the arrogant greedy bastards have any sense they will now source all meat from UK farmers.

[Peter]

Yep, we've got a good farm shop just opened near me, (although the new HS2 is going to run straight through it) so I'm going to be sourcing all my meat direct from him. I've always preferred making my own burgers and pies, so it won't be a culture shift for me.

It should help me avoid that halal shit too.

[sparky]

I vote YES.

The UK has been importing far too much for too long despite high unemployment levels.

If Findus had produced their lasagne in the UK in their own factories with proper quality control and used UK sourced raw main ingredients they wouldn't now have a tarnished reputation that will stick for many years.

If this scandal had not hit the headlines and you did a survey asking

Do you assume that unless clearly stated otherwise on the labelling all Findus products are made in the UK in their own factories using predominately UK produced ingredients ?

I wonder what percentage would answer yes?

I think it would be high.

When then told some products were made in France and not by Findus but a sub-contract company who import the meat from Romania I'm sure most would feel betrayed.

While sadly difficult to list the source of all ingredients it should be law that the origin of the main ingredients and the country of main production as well as final packaging, is clearly stated plus if by sub-contact company.
In addition 'badge name' supplier must be able to show that the product marking identifies both the sub-contract company and the specific plant.

I've just looked at a few items in my kitchen. Several state
'Produced in the UK using meat from the EU'
IMO that it not adequate, the actual country the meat was produced in must be stated.

Shoppers can then at last make informed choices.

[Porn Baron]

We need to get the supermarkets to use British beef. But that will cost more than Romanian donkey.

[Peter]

Don't Morrisons make a big deal out of only using british meat?

[one eyed jack]

"Now with added MP meat"...Mmm. Im not sure I would like the taste of that. Stick to the horses. theyd taste a lot less shit than MPs

[Arginald Valleywater]

I sincerely hope this issue is a boost for the UK food industry. I worked for a famous coffee and chocolate maker for years and the factory grounds and warehouse were spotless, never mind the production areas. Quality was God and suppliers were on a very strict contract...low standard no payment. As a result quality recalls were negligible and almost always done by us and not the customer. Bad batches of product were either buried, burned or sent for animal feed.
As an aside our local Master Butcher has seen a large increase in sales.....

[planeterotica]

I was speaking to a farmer at the weekend who said he got a much better return in the livestock market last week for his beef animals because of the horse meat scandal, but of course this will feed through to the retail price..