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UK farmers claim Uruguay’s ‘Hereford’ meat labelling is ‘misleading’
The UK National Farmers Union, NFU, has called on Asda supermarkets to change its labelling policy after it emerged that its meat marked ‘Hereford Prime Beef Sirloin Steak’ is sourced 6,800 miles away in Uruguay. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesRE: The imported Uruguayan beef steak sells at £15.46 a kilo - no cheaper than its British rival. (Meat Trade News Daily)
Sep 10th, 2011 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah! But it tastes better, and is healthier! (Uruguay Natural!)
@1 Without a doubt.
Sep 10th, 2011 - 04:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ You eat it then!
Sep 10th, 2011 - 04:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0NOTHING in South America is better than British. South America has no education, no guts, no brain.
Self-evidently, a Hereford is not the same as a Hereford-Zebu Cross.
Sep 10th, 2011 - 05:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Both taste nice, but both should be labelled accurately for and at point-of-sale.
The story is obviously confusing. There ARE “crosses” in SOUTH AMERICA but all the URUGUAYAN (natural) beef I eat in Uruguay and in the United States is labelled accurately. (I checked with a principal broker.)
Sep 10th, 2011 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I suggest that you contact the British Embassy in Montevideo reference the inspection criteria for export to the UK.
FYI, I am English, and am known for my objective opinion.
(5) Mr. Corresponsal
Sep 10th, 2011 - 07:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Welcome……………
Here at MercoPress, English posters with objective opinions about other than steaks are “Bloody Rare”.
Pun intended………..;-)
The NFU is quite right to raise this matter.
Sep 10th, 2011 - 08:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0British consumers must know where their food comes from.
Next thing we'll be allowing in manky Argentine meat masquerading as prime Scottish Angus Steak.
The United States imports more from Brazil and the beef is indeed natural.
Sep 10th, 2011 - 11:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think one of the sticking points is on the different national rules relating to growth hormones and their residuality in the consumption of rare-cooked beef.
Sep 11th, 2011 - 01:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 05
Sep 11th, 2011 - 03:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0FYI, I am English, and am known for my objective opinion.
Doubt it on both counts.
“Be serious” is obviously your desire but is beyond your ability as evidenced by both your comments! :-)
Sep 11th, 2011 - 03:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please keep to matter under debate, i.e.
UK farmers claim Uruguay’s ‘Hereford’ meat labelling is ‘misleading’
TWIMC
Sep 11th, 2011 - 04:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If the British farmers are ”serious”, they should seek to trademark their beef breeds as “Hereford”, “Angus” and “Shorthorn”.
The French have been quite successful in trademarking their “Roquefort”, “Camembert” and “Comté” cheeses……….
Maybe we, South Americans should trademark some of our plants as Potato, Tomato, Tobacco etc. etc. etc.
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Sep 11th, 2011 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“English posters with objective opinions about other than steaks are “Bloody Rare”.”
I think that should read:
“Posters with objective opinions about other than steaks are “Bloody Rare”.”
Your addition of 'English' renders my correction all the truer! :)
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Sep 11th, 2011 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Better equivalents -
Sep 11th, 2011 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Potato: 'Igorota', 'Solibao', 'Ganza' etc;
equally cultivars of tomatoes and cultivars of tobacco are a million miles away from the original S.A. wildtype first cultivated.
But the new Biodiversity Convention is leading in the direction of 'copyrighting' genetic variants.
“... a British product reared to stringent standards”?
Sep 11th, 2011 - 07:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What's the concern? Uruguayan cows are not “mad” enought for the British?
Hi Poppy (virgin poster?)
Sep 11th, 2011 - 09:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When their feet and mouths ulcerate and their tongues go blue, they don't just get mad, they get bloody angry.
Beware the Uruguay border zone with neighbouring countries where such things do happen.
Geoff, the 'mad' (permanently angry) ex-pat.
OK - yet another thin skinned Argentine no hoper.
Sep 12th, 2011 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Let me re- phrase
“We both know you are talking out of your bottom”
Hows that? Got it!
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