A maze of trading between meat wholesalers has made it increasingly difficult to trace the origins of food — enabling horse meat disguised as beef to be sold in frozen meals across Europe.
Finger-pointing has grown by the day, involving more countries and more companies. On Monday, Romanian officials scrambled to defend two plants implicated in the scandal, saying the meat was properly declared and any fraud was committed elsewhere.
France says Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders were part of a supply chain that resulted in horsemeat being labelled as beef before it was included in frozen dinners including lasagna, moussaka and the French equivalent of Shepherd's Pie. The affair started earlier this year with worries about horsemeat in burgers in Ireland and Britain.
British grocery chain Tesco said Monday that tests showed some samples of its frozen spaghetti meal contained more than 60 percent horse DNA.
Read more: Horsemeat scandal grows in Europe - World - CBC News
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2/10/13
Processed Foods: Europe's growing horsemeat scandal: France says Dutch, Cypriot and Romanian companies involved
Europe's horsemeat scandal is spreading, as French consumer safety
authorities say companies from Romania, Cyprus and the Netherlands were
part of a supply chain that resulted in horsemeat being disguised as
beef in frozen lasagna sold around the continent.
French companies were also part of the supply chain.
France's junior minister for consumer goods, Benoit Hamon, said Saturday an initial investigation shows that one of the French companies bought frozen meat from a Cypriot trader, who had received the meat from a Dutch food company. And that Dutch company had received the meat from a Romanian supplier.
Romanian authorities are investigating. Dutch authorities say they are ready to investigate if necessary.
Lasagna meals and burgers suspected of containing horse meat have been pulled from shelves in Britain, Ireland, Sweden and France.
Read more: Europe's growing horsemeat scandal: France says Dutch, Cypriot and Romanian companies involved | Fox News
French companies were also part of the supply chain.
France's junior minister for consumer goods, Benoit Hamon, said Saturday an initial investigation shows that one of the French companies bought frozen meat from a Cypriot trader, who had received the meat from a Dutch food company. And that Dutch company had received the meat from a Romanian supplier.
Romanian authorities are investigating. Dutch authorities say they are ready to investigate if necessary.
Lasagna meals and burgers suspected of containing horse meat have been pulled from shelves in Britain, Ireland, Sweden and France.
Read more: Europe's growing horsemeat scandal: France says Dutch, Cypriot and Romanian companies involved | Fox News
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