Re: Waitrose egg recall on lead fears

On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:02:20 +0100, "tpow" <wd40@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>the old clay chicken shoot gets the blame again...........
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>it wont be long before they close that one down now............
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>Waitrose could always give the eggs to the clay shoot then they could
have,
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>1. The Springing Egg.
>2. High Egg
>3. Driven Egg
>4. Lopping Egg
>5. Crossing Egg
>6. Bolting Egg
>7. Double Egg Trap (and chips)
>8. Down The Egg Line (in one)
>9. Egg Skeet.
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Eggsactly.

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>"Old Codger" <oldcodger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:ffmd245g9tdpn81ekh4on8da9sh2ca0kv7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Waitrose egg recall on lead fears
>> Supermarket chain Waitrose has recalled some organic eggs after a
>> flock of its chickens consumed lead shot.
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>> Organic Columbian Blacktail free range eggs - traced to a single farm
>> - are being withdrawn but Waitrose's other organic eggs remain on
>> sale.
>>
>> It said only eggs with shells stamped with farm code OUK 20137 were
>> affected.
>>
>> Waitrose said the contamination was thought to have been caused by
>> shot from a nearby clay pigeon shoot getting into the farm's free
>> range enclosure.
>>
>> 'Fully traceable'
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>> The firm said the recall applied to all date codes up to and including
>> 21 May.
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>> "Waitrose took action as soon as we knew about this situation," it
>> said.
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>> "All our eggs are fully traceable back to their farm source, which is
>> stamped as a code on each egg.
>>
>> "Customers are advised to take any affected eggs back to their local
>> branch for a full refund. We apologise for any inconvenience."
>>
>>
>> Story from BBC NEWS:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/7393600.stm
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>> Published: 2008/05/10 07:12:27 GMT 
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