“If it’s not good for the ordinary consumer, why should it be for the poor,” Bernard Schricke, a charity director, said.
“When people come to us for help with food, we often give them vouchers so they can choose what they want to eat because choice is not a luxury but a right. Also we shouldn’t forget that the problem is not just access to enough food, but access to enough resources to live.”
In a statement, the Agriculture ministry suggested the dishes could even find their way back on sale if they were relabelled to clearly state that they contain horsemeat.