Heinz places its faith in a quality standard under siege

THE Margin was rather puzzled by the advertisement taken out by Heinz this week

THE Margin was rather puzzled by the advertisement taken out by Heinz this week. It reassured consumers that all beef used in its baby foods was either from Germany or from outside the EU. It then went on to trumpet that all countries from which beef is sourced "conform to full EU quality standards". But if those standards don't ensure the quality of EU beef...