Yep, that is why I am a Veggie ....... On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, kirk wrote:
> Another good reason to be a vegetarian! > > > Meat factory was 'rat-infested' > > > The meat was fit only for pet food and fertilizer > Tons of condemned poultry, unfit to be eaten by humans, were sold to > major food manufacturers for five years, a court has heard. > Nottingham Crown Court was told that millions of chicken and turkey > carcasses, fit only for pet food or fertilizer, were distributed across the > UK from a dilapidated, rat-infested factory in Derbyshire. > > It is alleged some of the chicken and turkey ended up in supermarkets, > old people's homes and curry houses. > > The meat, often left exposed to the elements in giant skips, was sold > to processing companies who marketed the food as fillets, goujons or mince. > > Significant risk > > The court was shown footage shot by police scenes-of-crimes officers > that featured skips filled with rancid meat and the crude processing plant > where the poultry was trimmed and packaged into crates and bags. > > Jurors also saw a pool of standing water in the middle of the factory, > which was later discovered to contain raw sewage. > > Jurors heard evidence that Denby Poultry Products Limited, in Denby, > Derbyshire, bought waste chicken from companies across the country for as > little as £25 per ton and sold it as food at between £1,568 and £1,792 per > ton. > > It was a most unhygienic set-up > > Ben Nolan > Prosecutor > > Five men, three from the company and two who were customers, are on > trial and deny a charge of conspiracy to defraud. > > Peter Roberts, 68, of Francis Street, Chaddesden, Derby, and Simon > Haslam, 39 of Alder Road, Belper, Derbyshire along with Brian John Davies, > 64, of Walmersley Road, Bury, Brian Paul Davies, 37, of Moor Road, Bury, and > David Watson, 38, of Paxton Crescent, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, are all > alleged to have carried out the scam. > > Jurors were told that Mr Roberts had failed to appear at court and is > being tried in his absence. > > Meat paste > > Jurors heard that the chicken waste was picked up from processing > plants in maggot-infested vans and that the same, unrefrigerated vehicles > were used to deliver the dressed and packaged poultry to customers. > > Ben Nolan QC, prosecuting said: "It is a most unhygienic set-up. The > buildings are dilapidated and in places open to the elements," said Mr > Nolan. > > Companies who bought meat from Denby included food manufacturers in > Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bury. > > Mr Nolan said that MK Poultry, in Northampton, used the chicken to > produce a leading brand of meat paste and also for food supplied to care > homes for the elderly. > > The court was told that another customer, B Davies Meats, in Bury, > sold on the poultry to another leading supermarket chain and that a third > firm, S J Watson, based in Milton Keynes, packaged the poultry to be sold at > markets. > > The case continues. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
