Lamb recalled over drugs fear
Updated on 24 October 2007
Shops have pulled lamb from shelves over fears the meat may contain veterinary drugs, the Food Standards Agency has said.
The meat came from sheep sold for breeding purposes and contained medicines including one called Doramectin, which has caused sickness in laboratory animals repeatedly exposed to it.
Asda and Makro Self Service Wholesalers pulled a range of lamb chops, mince and other cuts over fears they contain residues of the drugs used to combat sheep scab, after being contacted by supplier Welsh Country Foods Ltd.
No other supermarket chains were supplied with the affected meat, a spokesman for the firm said.
However, the FSA said the affected batches had been distributed to a number of other premises, and its investigation into the incident is continuing.
None of the recalled batches are thought to have gone on sale in Scotland, the watchdog said.
Welsh Country Foods said it bought 142 potentially affected lambs from livestock markets.
The firm's MD Trevor Hanger said: "We have been fully co-operating with the Food Standards Agency over this matter.
"We are confident that our traceability records have identified all the likely destinations for this lamb.
"Following guidance from the FSA we have contacted all of our potentially affected customers and have instructed them to withdraw these products from sale."
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