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Britain: Horsemeat Found in Beef Lasagna Products

HeadlineFeb 08, 2013

In Britain, beef lasagna products have been pulled from the shelves over concerns they are actually made up of horsemeat. Frozen-food company Findus tested several of its products and found most contained between 60 and 100 percent horse. The news comes after millions of burgers were withdrawn in Ireland and Britain over similar concerns. The lasagna products are being tested for bute, a horse drug that could be potentially harmful to humans. Catherine Brown, head of the Food Standards Agency, spoke to the BBC.

Catherine Brown: “I think these are very robust tests, and what it says is the clear majority, potentially all of these products, are in fact horsemeat. Now we’re going to require every food business to test every product line, be it meatballs, be it lasagna, be it burgers, to be able to reassure us at a baseline that there is no horse in these products.”

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