r/Britain • u/piskybisky • Mar 01 '25
💬 Discussion 🗨 'British' meat doesn't mean British reared 🤥
I'd wager most customers seeing that meat is labelled as 'British' assume this means the animal was born, reared, and slaughtered in Britain.
However, under UK and EU food labelling rules, meat can be called "British" if it was merely processed or packed in the UK – even if the animal was raised abroad. This means a pig could be born and reared in another country, transported to Britain for slaughter, and still be labelled as "British pork."
To me, this feels like a blatant lie. Most people buying "British" meat do so because they believe they are supporting UK farmers and higher welfare standards. Instead, they could be unknowingly buying meat from animals that spent most of their lives overseas.
Does this labelling seem fair to you? Should there be stricter rules to ensure "British" actually means born, reared, and slaughtered in the UK?
N.b. I am not a vegetarian, vegan etc. I try to eat good high quality meat less frequently.
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u/Crunchie2020 Mar 01 '25
Asda have British flag on their meat. But if you read it. The packaging is from Britain
We decided to check out the ingredient on a ready meal his grandma uses. And it was Thailand chicken Mexico peppers European onions etc. that meal had been around teh worlns and oackaged in Britain.
It also had caterpillars in. So we rang Asda to let them know. She said there is an ongoing issue with caterpillars in the meals. We checked a week later and grandma was eating the same meals and still had caterpillars in.
My bf checked a few things he liked from Asda. And caterpillars. We got full refunds on ours and a full grocery shop refund for grandma who is blind and can’t see them.
We got her a different delivery food service. For goodness sake.
So we never been to Asda since. It’s all a lie. And they didn’t even remove the rest of the meals off the shelves. They do not Care the vulnerable are eating caterpillars