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Horsemeat scandal: watchdog to test all beef products at UK supermarkets

2013-01-17 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is preparing to test all beef products being sold in UK supermarkets for the presence of horse and other animals, the Guardian has learned. The watchdog is expected to announce that it will make its own checks on meat shortly, following revelations from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland earlier this week that it had found significant contamination and adulteration of beefburgers with horse and pig in supplies that had been sold not just in Ireland but also in the...

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Hard times for more UK households

2013-01-16 15:47:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A survey for the Office for National Statistics shows that 37% of people do not have enough money to pay an "unexpected financial expense".

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IRELAND: C&C Group export volumes leap, but UK "challenging"

2013-01-16 14:01:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

C&C Group has reported a sharp jump in international volumes in its financial year-to-date, but UK trading remains "very challenging".

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Leak at Cormorant Alpha platform forces shut down of 27 UK oil fields

2013-01-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has closed the Cormorant Alpha platform and 27 associated pipeline oil fields in the northern UK North Sea, after hydrocarbons were detected in one of the platform legs.

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