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Paul McCartney defends supermarkets in horsegate row

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Speaking after the discovery of horse and pig DNA in beef burgers sold by Tesco, Iceland and other r…
Speaking after the discovery of horse and pig DNA in beef burgers sold by Tesco, Iceland and other retailers, McCartney said supermarkets’ suppliers ‒ not retailers ‒ were to blame for the crisis.

“It won’t be the supermarkets who are responsible [for the horse meat contamination of beef burgers],” McCartney told BBC Radio 4’s the Food Programme yesterday . “They will have put in place every safeguard they can find.
 
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