Wednesday, February 13, 2013

UAE grocers probe frozen food amid horsemeat scandal


Fine Fare Food Market, which operates Spinneys and Waitrose supermarkets in the UAE, is running DNA tests on its frozen beef products after a Europe-wide food scandal revealed that some frozen beef burgers contain horsemeat.

Both supermarkets said that while all of their fresh beef products are 100 percent beef, they will run DNA tests on frozen beef items to reassure customers.

“As a premium supermarket with food safety at our absolute core… we are going to run our own DNA tests on our frozen products just to be sure,” said Colette Shannon, spokesperson at Spinneys.

Read more: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/uae-grocers-probe-frozen-food-amid-horsemeat-scandal-489347.html

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