million of parts of a ready meal from one end of the world
to another, for almost no cost, then you're left to wonder
how the Mystery Meat Brigade is able to fool all the
big supermarkets at the same time.
The only thing those supers were looking at was the
bottom line on their stock dividend, neglecting the
sh*t they're feeding their illiterate customers.
Oh, ya , they're mafia , gangs, UFOs.
F^&*k that sh*t. They're money-making
machines, just like the supermarkets they
supply.
Oh ya, they have criminal records but nobody
ever shut them down. Suuuuuure
Everybody's favourite gun runner and horse trader
Brushes with horseslime?
I even had a Conciglioni platter from
Marks and Spencer that was supposed to be
20 % pork. All I saw under the sauce was a
pablum-like paste. Was that the mystery meat?
[the paste- The Observer]
It was heartburn inducing.
Do checkit, won't you: The Observer
Horsemeat scandal linked to secret network of firms
Intermediaries in horsemeat supply chain seem to be using similar companies to arms dealer Viktor Bout
• Jamie Doward
• Saturday 16 February 2013 17.58
Europe's unfolding horsemeat scandal took a new twist on Saturday when it emerged that key intermediaries involved in the trade appeared to be using a similar secretive network of companies to the convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout.
The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) identified an intermediary firm, Draap Trading, based in Limassol, Cyprus, as playing a pivotal role in shipping horsemeat across Europe.
Draap has confirmed that it bought horsemeat from two Romanian abattoirs. The company sold the meat to French food processors including Spanghero, which supplied another French company, Comigel, that turned it into frozen meals for the likes of food firm Findus, some of which had a meat content that was almost 100% horse.
Draap, which is owned by a trust in the British Virgin Islands tax haven, insists the meat it sold into France was labelled as horse. Spanghero says the meat arrived labelled "beef". Jan Fasen, who runs Draap and has denied any wrongdoing, was convicted last year of selling South American horsemeat as German and Dutch beef.
In a development that sheds light on the mysterious networks operating in the European food chain, it has emerged that Draap's sole director is an anonymous corporate services company called Guardstand, set up in 1996 and based in Limassol.
A 2011 joint report by the International Peace Information Service and TransArms, an organisation which researches arms shipments, produced evidence that Guardstand also owned a share in a business called Ilex Ventures, a connection that links the company to the global arms trade and Viktor Bout.
Documents filed in a New York court by US prosecutors allege that in 2007 Bout and an associate transferred almost $750,000 (£483,000) to Ilex for the purchase of aircraft to fly arms and ammunition around Africa's trouble spots in breach of embargos.
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"[AND THEY'RE] OFF THE SHELF"
Meat products withdrawn so far in Britain
Tesco
Tesco Everyday Value frozen burgers
Tesco quarter-pounders
Tesco Everyday Value bolognese
Findus lasagne
Sainsbury's
Own-brand frozen burgers
Asda
Freeza frozen beefburgers
Asda bolognese sauce, 500g
Waitrose
Dalepak frozen burgers
Own-brand 16 frozen British beef meatballs
The Co-operative
Four beef quarter-pounders
Eight frozen beefburgers with onion
Lidl
Moordale frozen beef quarter-pounders
Iceland
Four-pack of quarter-pounders
Four-pack 100% beef quarter-pounders
Aldi
Frozen Oakhurst 100% beef quarter-pounders
Frozen specially selected Aberdeen Angus quarter-pounders
Frozen Oakhurst beefburgers
Today's special frozen beef lasagne and spaghetti bolognese
Morrisons
Ross four beef quarter-pounders
Dalepak four beef quarter-pounders
Adams beefburger eights
Findus lasagne
