Investigation launched as fake British beef found on shelves of up-market UK supermarket
A UK supermarket that was found to be selling fake British beef has been named. An investigation into food fraud has now been started, but the supermarket itself is not under investigation.
While the company itself is not being investigated, the National Food Crime Unit is looking into how the products ended up on its shelves and is probing one of its suppliers, the BBC reports. The products in question, pre-packed sliced meats and deli products, were removed from stock as soon as Booths was made aware, they said.
The company was told about the products in 2021, and said they have since ceased trading with the supplier, which the NFCU hasn't disclosed. The upmarket chain prides itself on only selling 100% British meat. The deputy chief of the NFCU, Andrew Quinn, said on Thursday that it was not a food safety issue but a matter of food fraud, which it takes very seriously. "Any fraud investigations of this nature take time to go through evidence and bring to any outcome, including any potential prosecution,," Mr Quinn said. "We take food fraud very seriously and are acting urgently to protect the consumer.
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