The pork crisis in Ireland is hitting headlines all over the UK.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is currently saying
Pork from the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland should not be eaten at the moment due to contamination fears.
One of my favourite foods at the moment are Paul Rankin’s Irish Pork Sausages which are made in Ballymena, Northern Ireland by Doherty & Gray Limited.
How do I know this I looked at the packaging and this has the physical and web address on it.
No update or advice on their website about their products. If you are going to have a website, ensure that you use it to let us consumers know what is happening.
So how can Waitrose say:
Waitrose has withdrawn two sausage lines sold under Northern Irish celebrity chef Paul Rankin’s brand as a precaution, although a spokeswoman for the supermarket stressed that the origin of the meat was still being checked.
I would have thought it was obviously Northern Ireland, though I am guessing that this is not 100% certain it is Irish pork, I would hope that it was otherwise I am feeling I have been misled in buying the product – dioxin contamination aside.
Doherty & Gray should in my opinion at least post something to their website to let consumers know what is happening. I am seeing a large number of people visit this blog who have concerns, but I am in the same boat as them.
Disappointed to also see that the online arm of Waitrose, Ocado is still “selling” the Rankin sausages on their website.
No idea if you actually order them that they would deliver them.
Like others who have commented on my blog, I have recently eaten Paul Rankin’s sausages (just yesterday) and my family and I eat them on a regular basis. Despite the FSA assurance that the “risk” is slight, it is still a risk. If it isn’t a risk why are they now saying don’t eat the pork!
Thanks for pointing this out to readers. I went onto my ocado account again tonight and could order these, whether they deliver is another story. Aside from this on Sunday (2 days ago) I was in quite a bit of shock and emailed both Ocado customer service and Doherty & Gray, so far I have not had a replied some 30-40 hours post my email. This is really unacceptable, not just from Ocado but also Doherty & Gray.