conspiracy

Deep fill, deep trouble!
The story began being labelled as the horse meat scandal. But much as part of this problem seems to be the easy way food labels can be changed it's now changed to 'food fraud'. Over at EUReferendum - Richard North is perhaps the best placed person in the UK to deal with this subject. He's not only in general terms politically minded but also an expert on the workings of the EU. This is vital as the scandal happened on the EU's watch. North is technically qualified too, he, unlike many of the journalists now writing about this subject, does not need to rush to Wikipedia to help him understand the science.

The EU spews out an enormous amount of law. Even if you think the EU is the most wonderful political confederation on earth it cannot be overlooked that in this case the amount of law has not prevented a colossal fraud and, despite assurances so far that human health is not at risk, the public have lost a great deal of confidence in the food industry and the regulators. It remains to be seen if their confidence in the political oversight in the UK holds up.

Food adulterated for profit is not a new problem, it was endemic in the Victorian era.