| Fluctuations in price spreads suggest relative variation in consumer demand and cattle supply entering the food chain. |
| The foods affected, including soups, sauces and ready meals, have been distributed widely throughout the food chain. |
| Since most pesticides are not biodegradable, once they enter the food chain they persist in plant or animal bodies. |
| The 29-month-old animal was slaughtered in an abattoir in Wales last November and put into the food chain. |
| Both pathogens can colonise the intestines of beef cattle and get into the food chain during slaughter at the abattoir. |
| But, there have been enough wrinkles in recent events to suggest that we are not simply seeing the standard food chain of capitalism in action. |
