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Jonny Hazell says companies must take the initiative in tracing materials through their supply chains

Have you ever eaten horse? Not consciously perhaps but last year's meat adulteration scandal suggests it's more than possible. The scandal revealed just how clueless some of the biggest and most trusted...

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