Police Uncover Major Beef Food Fraud in Spain

A Spanish company in Burgos producing burgers, meat balls and other meat products is alleged to have produced low quality products that were incorrectly labelled as containing a higher proportion of beef. The beefburgers contained much less beef than was declared, and the difference being made up with pork, rusk (breadcrumbs), fat and soya. The fraud is thought to go back to 2002, and 14 people have been charged.

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