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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Feb 2013

    #Horsemeat: UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson calls summit of meat retailers and suppliers on Saturday at Defrahttp://bbc.in/14YfqY3 

    8:58 AM - 8 Feb 2013
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      1. Ștefan Iaonco‏ @DeExilio 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Literally then, a gymkhana MT @BBCBreaking: #Horsemeat UK Environment Minister calls meat retailers/suppliers summit http://bbc.in/14YfqY3 

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      1. Jenna-Rose Moore‏ @MrsJennaGibbs 9 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I think the #horsemeat scandal could see a resurgence for real butchers who locally source their meat #IndependentBusinesses

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      1. Damien Gilmore‏ @CalsyChat 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking no doubt the UK banks will be implicated in some way and fined heavily by US regulators #Horsemeat

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      1. Will Aitken‏ @wraitken 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking what price on a result? Lol

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      1. Clare Phillips‏ @straffs 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Bet the buffet will be vegetarian!

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      1. andrew grant‏ @upperraddery 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I hope he tells them to buy UK produce not the imported stuff with unknown's in it #supportukproducers

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      1. Mark Axon‏ @jmaxon1 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #neigh!

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      1. brian king‏ @kolsass444 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking everyone's been duped as suppliers use cheap meat. What's the odds on organic tomatoes really being organic?

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      1. jen‏ @bessiebootoos 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking BORED NOW

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      1. Dale Archer‏ @dalearcher 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ah ha - all the steakholders then?

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      1. JohnTull.com‏ @delco2dc 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking where do I buy this lasagna in the US??? I love horse meat #shouldntbetaboo

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      1. Liam Wood‏ @liamwood1993 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Get over it you bitches, it's abit of horse. Dicks.

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      1. cars_and_cars60‏ @carsandgirls60 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking will they put on the naughty step with gove???

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      1. De‏ @mrsromaine 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking horse, cow same difference really

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      1. The world works better together #FBPE‏ @jr0cket 8 Feb 2013
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        @bbcbreaking A summit of meat retailers & suppliers, I wonder what they will be serving for lunch... @QuornFoods ? That's what I eat now.

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      1. itsnotaboutwork‏ @itsnotaboutwork 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #horsemeat nonsense..in the interest of brevity do we know if reports will be done 'on the hoof' so to speak

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      1. Ian Juan‏ @Pop9Juan 8 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Only fools and horses.

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      1. Miles King‏ @MilesKing10 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking #stabledoors

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      2. SorsTrade‏ @SorsTrade1 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking get of your high horse with this horsemeat story. Still better than the mad cow disease u guys experienced a while back or not?

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      3. Miles King‏ @MilesKing10 8 Feb 2013
        Replying to @SorsTrade1

        @rjlfsimons @BBCBreaking depends whether the horsemeat was from the US + contaminated with bute

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