Contaminated rice found at Derry supermarket

[Qu1zMaster]

Contaminated rice found at Derry supermarket, says Ireland.com.

Could some kind subscriber tell me what this is about? There's no mention on RTE, BBC or Online.ie. I was planning to buy rice in a Derry supermarket this very evening.

[Captain Sterling]

It's contaminated with unionism. Sassnach rice. I blame uncle ben.

[Kiwi_Mark]

It's probably been through Muff.

[Drifter2]

Ananova:

Pesticide found in supermarket rice

Rice from the US sold in a UK supermarket has been found with pesticide levels above the recommended limit.

The product, Easy Cook Long Grain Rice, was bought at a branch of Tesco in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_815854.html?menu=

[TheStifster]

is it savoury, or non-savoury? longrained brown or regular white?

what we need here are the facts.

i for one have never been to Derry and never intend going until i'm buried in the Bogside of course

[Busaras]

American rice sold in a Derry branch of Tesco has been found with pesticide levels above the recommended limit, according to results published today.

Scientists discovered inorganic bromide above a maximum concentration recommended to farmers and growers in one sample of 'Easy Cook Long Grain Rice'.

However, the Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) stressed the level was not high enough to cause concern for human health.

Inorganic bromide occurs naturally at low levels in food. The concentration detected is thought to be a result of the use of methyl bromide to sterilise soil before planting.

The committee also found pesticides in nine samples of sweet potatoes - although below the maximum level permitted.

Dr Ian Brown, chairman of the PRC, said: "These results have not caused me any concern with regard to consumer health.

"But we are not complacent. I believe they show consumers can continue to have confidence in the risk assessment process and in our monitoring programme in general."

Tesco have not commented.

[Qu1zMaster]

Originally posted by TheStifster
is it savoury, or non-savoury? longrained brown or regular white?

what we need here are the facts.

i for one have never been to Derry and never intend going until i'm buried in the Bogside of course

You're missing out on cheap booze and friendly young wans.

Downside: The food is of the greasy chip variety and the wind could cut you in half on a bleak January day.

[Mod_Con]

Originally posted by Drifter
Ananova:

Pesticide found in supermarket rice

Rice from the US sold in a UK supermarket has been found with pesticide levels above the recommended limit.

The product, Easy Cook Long Grain Rice, was bought at a branch of Tesco in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_815854.html?menu=

Londonderry? where in God's name is that?

[Drifter2]

Originally posted by Mod_Con
Londonderry? where in God's name is that?
In a previous job, a client of mine discovered that the reason he wasn't getting any contracts from Derry's Harbour Commission (his company is one of the leaders in the field) was because he was using "Derry" rather than "Londonderry" on the covering letters that he sent in with his tenders. Oh, and get this - yer man was English (ex-Royal Navy Officer).

[Joefuz]

Originally posted by Qu1zMaster
You're missing out on cheap booze and friendly young wans.
Ah the stories I could tell ye after going to uni there... :D

[Joefuz]

Originally posted by Mod_Con
Londonderry? where in God's name is that? LondonDerry is actually the offical name of the city and county. And it doesn't refer to the city of London, rather the London Company. The London Company paid for and built the original city walls, if I remember correctly, and ran the show for a few years until the British army garrisoned it and it became a garrison town sometime in the 1600s. Of course, depending on what side of the city yopu come into depends on what the road signs say. Waterside road signs welcome you to the historic city of LondonDerry while Cityside roadsigns read "Failte go Doire".