That is the point that I was trying to make. There have been a number of arrests, but on a very small scale. Certainly the prime operator in the crime has not been identified and brought to book. It is important for there to be a police involvement, but it is also important for there to be an international police involvement. As the horsemeat scandal demonstrated, the food chains are very long and convoluted, and the people involved often do not actually handle the meat at all. They are traders who buy and sell it without ever knowing its quality or composition. It is therefore essential for an international police view to be maintained.
Food Fraud
Proceeding contribution from
Roger Williams
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 September 2014.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Food Fraud.
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