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Beef withdrawn over horsemeat

Cardiff, Pembrokeshire and Bridgend Councils have withdrawn beef products supplied by Welsh Bros Foods following reports a sample of its frozen minced beef tested positive for horsemeat.

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Tesco vows to source meat from Britain

Tesco today announced it would be sourcing more meat from UK producers, as supermarkets came under pressure to sell more British food in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.

The supermarket giant's chief executive Philip Clarke told the National Farmers' Union annual conference:

Where it is reasonable to do so, we will source from British producers.

As a first step I announce that from July all of our fresh chicken must come from UK farmers. No exceptions.

And we will move over time to make sure all our chicken in all our products, fresh or frozen, is from the British Isles.

– Philip Clarke

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