Letters: "I don't get the problem – if we are happy to export beef, we have to also be happy to import it"

Readers had their say on Facebook following the news Asda was stocking Uruguayan beef in stores

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Letters: "I don't get the problem – if we are happy to export beef, we have to also be happy to import it"

READ THE POST ON FACEBOOK: Uruguayan beef produced over 6,500 miles away is being sold in UK supermarkets Won't be buying any of it. Only ever buy my meat in a local butcher who sources it locally....

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