Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Horse Meat Scandal: Welsh Plant Vows to Stay Open

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The owner of a Welsh processing plant at the centre of the horse meat scandal remained defiant today, insisting he would continue operations despite being suspended by authorities.

Farmbox Meats' owner Dafydd Raw-Rees, vowed to stay open and said his employees were continuing to "bone" horse meat despite a ban imposed by the Food Standards Authority.

Further raids were conducted on the plant today and more meat seized from the plant after officials said a consignment had appeared to be "moved" from the premises.

The Daily Telegraph discovered several pallets of meat carcasses stored behind the plant's offices on the outskirts of Ceredigion, near Aberystwyth, West Wales.

The meat, some of which appeared to be bloodied, was covered in plastic sheets and stored under tarpaulins.

This morning, men were seen moving some of the pallets into vans. It remains unclear what sort of meat it was or whether they were company employees. » | Andrew Hough, in Ceredigion, and Steve Swinford | Wednesday, February 13, 2013