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Default TOT - if the lied about the beef being horse meat.......

On 10/02/2013 22:35, John Williamson wrote:


I don't buy budget food products for this reason. There's too much
chance of random stuff getting into the chain, as quality control costs
money and the budget is too low at the cheap end to allow proper
traceability.



And there is the old butchers trick of taking mince with lots of fat
and mincing it again to give it more colour. It is then sold as premium
mince at a higher price. The same product sold in Aldi/Lidl, Tesco and
M&S will have different prices. At what price point does the product
cease to be a budget line?

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