Pheasant meat sold by Waitrose and Harrods is contaminated with toxic lead despite the retailers having promised to switch to selling “lead free” game, tests have revealed.
Wild Justice, a campaign group co-founded by the broadcaster Chris Packham, bought 14 pheasant breasts last month from Waitrose, below, and 15 whole pheasants from Harrods and sent them for testing. The tests revealed that 13 of the breasts from Waitrose contained levels of lead in excess of the legal limit for chicken, pork and beef. One contained 186 times the limit and the median level was 29 times the limit.
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