Retailers edging towards next food scandal says NPA
Retailers edging towards next food scandal says NPA
The National Pig Association is worried that the foundations for the next food scandal are already being laid by some retailers as they edge away from the shorter supply chains they promised following the horse meat scandal.
NPA has noted a number of pork, bacon and gammon lines being switched back to imported product, because it is marginally cheaper.
It is not naming the retailers concerned until it has had meetings with them to find out their reasons for retreating from their post-Horsegate promises to introduce short supply chains.
Since the heat has come off the horse meat scandal we’ve started to see retailers sliding back from the strong British position they publicly adopted, and import more European product,” said NPA general manager Dr Zoe Davies.
“Consumers expect supermarkets to deliver on their post-Horsegate commitments to shorten their supply chains by buying safe food produced in Britain. If they think they can return to their old habits as soon as our backs are turned they had better think again, because we won’t let this matter drop and nor will our friends in the National Farmers Union.”
Britain imports around 60% of its pork and pork products and NPA believes this could be reduced if all retailers were genuinely committed to building shorter supply chain agreements with British producers.
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Nick Savill
August 25, 2013
I own a small good quality butchers in south Devon, with a fully audited, localy sourced meat chain, and proud of it, all those big boys have done is push up the dead meat prices, mess it all up for the rest of us, then clear off, leaving us to pick up the pieces and get things moving again.