The key answer of exercise 6

1

1. Organised criminal gangs have been substituting horse meat for beef. Supermarkets have been selling it labelled as beef.
2. Sales of frozen beef burgers have dropped by almost 50%, while sales of frozen ready meals have dropped by over ten per cent.

2

1. He is accused of sticking a cockroach into his food as he neared the end of his meals – and then complaining, in order to get free meals!
2. He denies all charges against him and will be pleading not guilty on the basis of temporary insanity. If convicted, he could get nine months in prison and a 100,000 rand fine.

3

1. The world’s population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, and food production will have to increase by 70% to prevent widespread hunger.
2. They will sit in the cows’ stomachs and transmit information about the animals, including heart rate, temperature, etc. Animals should get quicker medical attention when they need it. 

4

1. The average household throws out food worth over £450 per year, or £700 for the average family with children. This is worth a total of over £12 billion per year.
2. Consumers are paying money for food they’re not eating. They also have to pay to deal with the waste this creates. And then there are the climate change costs of producing food.