Beef has been taken off supermarket shelves in the UK as an investigation is launched into possible fraud. The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU), part of the Food Standards Agency, has not named the supermarket but said that pre-packed meat and deli products from South America and Europe have been supplied to the retailer and labelled as British.
The investigation involves the review of about 1.3 million documents with products being sold to customers as “best British beef”, Farmers Weekly reported.
Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon said: “We were told the lessons of the horsemeat scandal had been learnt, but unfortunately this investigation could cast that into doubt.
