date:Feb 20, 2013
tatement, the firm said yesterday: Paragon supplies Whitbread with three beefburgers, and we are advised that equine test results were clear for two of these products and positive for one.
The product in question was first produced by us on January 18, 2013.
We are conducting our own tests on the retained sample of this batch as part of our ongoing investigations.
Paragon have never knowingly bought or handled equine meat products. All our records are available for scrutiny to our customers a