My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Sadly, there is significant money to be made from this criminal activity. It is a fraud on the public. It is absolutely wrong that a British consumer should go to a retail outlet and buy a product marked “processed beef” and find later that it contains horsemeat. It is a straight fraud. It is criminal activity. We are absolutely determined to bear down on it, working with our European partners to stop it, and I am delighted that the FSA is working closely with Europol.
Horsemeat (Food Fraud)
Proceeding contribution from
Owen Paterson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 February 2013.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Horsemeat (Food Fraud).
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