THE food scandal has taken another dramatic turn after two meat plants became the first in the UK to be suspected of passing off horsemeat for beef.
THE food scandal has taken another dramatic turn after two meat plants became the first in the UK to be suspected of passing off horsemeat for beef.
OWEN PATTERSON: Revelations unacceptable.
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Kate Devlin UK Political Correspondent
Police raided Peter Boddy slaughterhouse in Todmorden, Yorkshire, and Farmbox Meats in Aberystwyth, Wales, amid claims horsemeat was being put into the food chain as beef for kebabs and burgers.
Environment Secretary Owen Patterson said it would be totally unacceptable if any firm in the UK was involved and said he expected the full force of the law to be applied.
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