The lessons from food supply chain contamination last year, including the discovery of horse meat, have still not been learnt according to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee MP Anne McIntosh.

As of yet no results or convictions have been made from investigations into the revelations that meat products had contained contaminated products.

McIntosh commented that: “Retailers still need to work on smaller supply chains,” adding that “By buying local we can more likely trace all sources of our food.”

The committee said that the transportation of meat still faced high risk and that more analysis of food should be carried out.