'Diseased meat could go undetected' due to rule change

Malka

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19-06-2014, 02:19 PM

'Diseased meat could go undetected' due to rule change

Sausages anyone? I am quoting from the article as it says more than I could say but this was discussed in Allan Urry's report on File on Four on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday but is on catch up on the BBC iPlayer.

More diseased meat could end up in sausages and pies because of changes to safety checks in slaughterhouses, hygiene inspectors have warned.

Inspectors in abattoirs used to be able to cut open pig carcasses to check for signs of disease.

But under new European regulations, supported by Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA), they will have to rely on visual checks alone

. ...[snip]...

Mr Spellman, who is director general of the European Working community for Food inspectors and Consumer protection (EWFC), which represents meat inspectors across the EU, said: "Last year we know that there were at least 37,000 pigs' heads with abscesses or tuberculosis lesions in lymph nodes in the head. They won't be cut now.

"There's no way to see those little abscesses, little tuberculosis lesions without cutting those lymph nodes."

Meat from pigs' heads, is recovered by specialised parts of boning plants and goes into pies, sausages and other processed foods.

The full article can be found at http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27866293

Chickens should not be washed but possibly diseased meat can go into sausages and pies?

Trouble

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19-06-2014, 02:37 PM

I don't eat sausages or pies so I won't fret.

Malka

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19-06-2014, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Trouble

I don't eat sausages or pies so I won't fret.

Neither do I and I do not eat pork either, but it is still rather alarming for those who do.

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