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UK: Tesco's pig supply chain under investigation (MAD PIG vector?)

justfood.com | 11.06.2001 22:15

Criminal activity in the store's pig meat supply chain: thousands of animals slaughtered and unwittingly sold to Tesco's consumers were found to have been fed on meat scraps, salami sausage and takeaway restaurant waste in pigswill. Bred by the ***Wiltshire farming company WE & DT Cave Ltd,*** the pigs were then sold on illegally to Tesco accompanied by false paperwork. Lord Carter a large shareholder. MAD PIG vector?

UK: Tesco's pig supply chain under investigation
11 Jun 2001
Source: just-food.com editorial team

UK supermarket giant Tesco has found itself at the centre of an investigation conducted by Sky News, which uncovered evidence of criminal activity in the store's pig meat supply chain.

Thousands of animals slaughtered and unwittingly sold to Tesco's consumers were found to have been fed on meat scraps, salami sausage and takeaway restaurant waste in pigswill. Bred by the Wiltshire farming company WE & DT Cave Ltd, the pigs were then sold on illegally to Tesco accompanied by false paperwork.

The criminal scam contravened Tesco's own safety standards and customer assurances. The company stressed that it seeks to offer full traceability for all food products and banned the use of pigswill by suppliers because of the lack of control over its ingredients.

Two years ago, the government warned that feeding pigs to pigs could result in a brain disease epidemic similar to that of BSE in cattle. Interestingly however, Sky News also linked Cave to senior labour peer and Government Chief Whip Lord Carter, a major shareholder who apparently lent the farm around £100,000.

In response to the investigation, Tesco produced a statement saying that "falsified animal movement records will be more readily detectable" now it has tightened its checks.

Meanwhile Lord Carter issued a statement to the effect that he has no involvement in the operation of the company.

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13.06.2001 13:10

I'm not sure of the meaning of all these food scams and scares, whether there is an attempt to scare us by revealing that all our food is poison, or perhaps they didn't want us to know at all...

But I know this much- the vast majority of 'popular' food is poisoned, it is the NWO eating you from inside. The elite can infiltrate your mind with TV but once they start tinkering with your body, there is a problem.

Who knows, in 10 years time we could be having food riots because there's nothing 'safe' to eat anymore. GM crops will spread quicker than foot and mouth and chemical rains will poison anything organic. Bio-warfare is being used against us, I just hope people start waking up to it, whilst there is still anything to eat.

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