No, I'm not a moralistic vegetarian. Although I do abhor the industrial farming of animals, it's simply my personal opinion and life-style choice
But - yuck - as if Britain hasn't already learned how to regulate it's meat industry properly - especially after BSE (Mad Cow Disease), and Foot and Mouth - incidents like this are hardly going to make people rush out for their sunday roast.
Essentially, the gist of the story is that for more than 6 years a group of men were re-selling chickens labelled unfit for human use, processing in an area infested with rats and sometimes even sewerage - then then reselling the chicken products to hospitals, schools, and supermarkets.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3184925.stm
Man convicted in 'unfit' meat trial
A man has been convicted of conspiracy to defraud over the sale of thousands of tonnes of condemned meat to leading supermarkets, schools and hospitals.
Peter Roberts, 68, of Francis Street, Chaddesden, Derby, was found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.
He was tried in his absence having failed to appear at court.
A second man, Brian Paul Davies, 37, of Moor Road, Holcombe, Bury, Greater Manchester, was cleared of conspiracy to defraud.
It is alleged that businesses in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire were involved in the operation.
The jury was still deliberating on verdicts against three other men when they were sent home on Wednesday afternoon and will resume deliberations on Thursday morning.
The remaining men, who all deny conspiracy to defraud, are: Simon Haslam, 39, of Shalfleet Drive, Derby; Brian William John Davies, 64, of Walmersley Road, Bury; and David Watson, 38, of Paxton Crescent, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes.
'Unfit poultry' allegation
Judge Richard Benson has asked the jury to consider majority verdicts after 27 hours of deliberations.
The prosecution claim Denby Poultry Products Ltd, based in Denby, Derbyshire, had been a pet food processor, but was at the centre of the nationwide scam between 1995 and 2001.
Ben Nolan QC, prosecuting, said more than a million pounds in weight of unfit poultry was supplied into the human food chain during that time bringing in £836,000.
The court heard workers trimmed chicken and turkey carcasses to resemble legitimate food at a run-down factory, which was infested with rats and polluted with pools of sewage.
Mr Nolan said wholesalers who bought poultry from Denby supplied meat to organisations including Sainsbury's, Shippam's Pastes, Tesco, and Islington Borough Council.
But - yuck - as if Britain hasn't already learned how to regulate it's meat industry properly - especially after BSE (Mad Cow Disease), and Foot and Mouth - incidents like this are hardly going to make people rush out for their sunday roast.
Essentially, the gist of the story is that for more than 6 years a group of men were re-selling chickens labelled unfit for human use, processing in an area infested with rats and sometimes even sewerage - then then reselling the chicken products to hospitals, schools, and supermarkets.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3184925.stm
Man convicted in 'unfit' meat trial
A man has been convicted of conspiracy to defraud over the sale of thousands of tonnes of condemned meat to leading supermarkets, schools and hospitals.
Peter Roberts, 68, of Francis Street, Chaddesden, Derby, was found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.
He was tried in his absence having failed to appear at court.
A second man, Brian Paul Davies, 37, of Moor Road, Holcombe, Bury, Greater Manchester, was cleared of conspiracy to defraud.
It is alleged that businesses in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire were involved in the operation.
The jury was still deliberating on verdicts against three other men when they were sent home on Wednesday afternoon and will resume deliberations on Thursday morning.
The remaining men, who all deny conspiracy to defraud, are: Simon Haslam, 39, of Shalfleet Drive, Derby; Brian William John Davies, 64, of Walmersley Road, Bury; and David Watson, 38, of Paxton Crescent, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes.
'Unfit poultry' allegation
Judge Richard Benson has asked the jury to consider majority verdicts after 27 hours of deliberations.
The prosecution claim Denby Poultry Products Ltd, based in Denby, Derbyshire, had been a pet food processor, but was at the centre of the nationwide scam between 1995 and 2001.
Ben Nolan QC, prosecuting, said more than a million pounds in weight of unfit poultry was supplied into the human food chain during that time bringing in £836,000.
The court heard workers trimmed chicken and turkey carcasses to resemble legitimate food at a run-down factory, which was infested with rats and polluted with pools of sewage.
Mr Nolan said wholesalers who bought poultry from Denby supplied meat to organisations including Sainsbury's, Shippam's Pastes, Tesco, and Islington Borough Council.
