Destroyed Meat Cost Remains Confidential

The gov won’t confirm how much meat was destroyed due to issue at the meat plant due to an ongoing investigation by insurers.

DEFA Minister Clare Barber was asked for a figure by John Wannenburgh (Douglas North).

From late last year into this year, an issue with equipment led to be beef being kept longer than usual while the abattoir water for engineers to arrive on the island.

Mrs Barber said: ‘An operational decision was made on the basis of high quality and food safety to dispose of the remaining stock.’

And added: ‘The cost of produce lost for IOMMCL is confidential due to the matter being investigated with insurers under business interruption.’

Mr Wannenburgh also sort clarification that no farmers lost out because of this issue, with Mrs Barber saying that ‘no farmers supplying stock at the time, suffered any financial detriment as a result’.

She added: ‘All producers were paid for the stock as per the agreed terms and conditions and through normal the normal process.’

Isle of Man Meats issued its own statement to confirm that the issue had been the wrong use by dates appearing on packaging, but said there was ‘no concern that any of these products are “contaminated”.’

There have been no reports of complaints or anyone being sick because of any meat that may have been purchased before the recall was issued.