Last March, associations raised the alarm on the dubious quality of steaks distributed to the most disadvantaged. According to them, “iThey did not look like regular burger patties“. Meanwhile, the General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) carried out tests and denounced a food fraud to 5.2 million euros.
In fact, 7 million fake chopped steaks have been purchased by associations such as Les Restos du Coeur or the Red Cross since the summer of 2018. 1,500 tonnes of patties which contained neither muscle nor meat according to analyzes by the DGCCRF. But only soy, starch, fat …
No danger to health
The chopped steaks came from a French company that got its supplies from a Polish industrialist. The investigation carried out in France is being continued as far as Poland through the “food fraud” network.
In its press release, the DGCCRF announced the immediate end of their distribution. That said, she specifies in the preamble: “The microbiological analyzes carried out show that there is no danger to the health of consumers.“
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