This is the first time any journalist has gained access to a factory working with horse meat since the scandal began.
Our photo shows staff at Farmbox Meats cutting up and boxing horse meat as they were shadowed by officials from the FSA wearing boiler suits and face masks.
Company owner Dafydd Raw-Rees, who had invited the Mirror into the factory, insists that his firm has done nothing wrong.
But at 10.30am – half an hour after our picture was taken – the FSA dramatically ordered the butchers to stop work.
The FSA officials shut the factory down while they continued their investigation which had begun the night before.
On Tuesday evening 20 police and the FSA team swooped on the meat factory in the sleepy village of Llandre in Ceredigion.
The agency is looking into allegations that meat products labelled as beef for kebabs and burgers was in fact horse meat.
The FSA suspended operations on Tuesday, detained all the meat and seized paperwork.
As the butchers were allowed to restart work yesterday, the FSA continued to pore over the facility, inspecting meat and taking photos.
Dafydd Raw-Rees, of Farmbox Food Limited Crisis: Dafydd Raw-Rees says he's distressed for his staff
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And it wasn’t long before the FSA ordered the workers out. Last night the government officials suspended Mr Raw-Rees’ licence until further notice and closed the factory down until tomorrow.
The FSA believes Peter Boddy Licensed Slaughterhouse, in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, supplied horse carcasses to Farmbox Meats near Aberystwyth.
The Peter Boddy plant, which denies any wrongdoing, was also raided by the FSA and police on Tuesday.
After opening his doors to the Mirror yesterday, Mr Raw-Rees, 64, denied he was using horse meat for burgers or kebabs.
He says all the meat is destined for a client in Belgium. The landowner added the carcasses were delivered from an abattoir in Ireland.
Mr Raw-Rees said: “I am very distressed at what is happening – this will ruin my reputation. This is a fully legitimate operation.
"All we do is cut the meat, we don’t process it or make it into burgers or kebabs.
“I’m just trying to run a business and I feel like I have been dealt a very low blow.
Our photo shows staff at Farmbox Meats cutting up and boxing horse meat as they were shadowed by officials from the FSA wearing boiler suits and face masks.
Company owner Dafydd Raw-Rees, who had invited the Mirror into the factory, insists that his firm has done nothing wrong.
But at 10.30am – half an hour after our picture was taken – the FSA dramatically ordered the butchers to stop work.
The FSA officials shut the factory down while they continued their investigation which had begun the night before.
On Tuesday evening 20 police and the FSA team swooped on the meat factory in the sleepy village of Llandre in Ceredigion.
The agency is looking into allegations that meat products labelled as beef for kebabs and burgers was in fact horse meat.
The FSA suspended operations on Tuesday, detained all the meat and seized paperwork.
As the butchers were allowed to restart work yesterday, the FSA continued to pore over the facility, inspecting meat and taking photos.
Dafydd Raw-Rees, of Farmbox Food Limited Crisis: Dafydd Raw-Rees says he's distressed for his staff
Wales News Service
And it wasn’t long before the FSA ordered the workers out. Last night the government officials suspended Mr Raw-Rees’ licence until further notice and closed the factory down until tomorrow.
The Peter Boddy plant, which denies any wrongdoing, was also raided by the FSA and police on Tuesday.
After opening his doors to the Mirror yesterday, Mr Raw-Rees, 64, denied he was using horse meat for burgers or kebabs.
He says all the meat is destined for a client in Belgium. The landowner added the carcasses were delivered from an abattoir in Ireland.
Mr Raw-Rees said: “I am very distressed at what is happening – this will ruin my reputation. This is a fully legitimate operation.
"All we do is cut the meat, we don’t process it or make it into burgers or kebabs.
“I’m just trying to run a business and I feel like I have been dealt a very low blow.
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