Butcher’s twine shows why contact materials belong in meat traceability

A French recall published on 4 November shifts attention from the meat itself to an unobtrusive part of its presentation: butcher’s twine. The official RappelConso portal reports a voluntary withdrawal of meat and meat preparations tied with white string and sold at Carrefour butcher counters throughout France. The reason is the detection of bisphenol A in certain batches of food-grade twine supplied to the retailer.