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British lawmakers call for criminal probe of horsemeat scandal - 16 July 2013 - News

The contamination of meat products with horse DNA was most likely due to fraud and prosecutions should be pursued, according to a second British parliamentary report into the scandal.

EU to impose bigger fines for food fraud after horsemeat scandal - 06 May 2013 - Video

EU tables revised food safety rules on back of horsemeat scandal - 06 May 2013 - News

In the wake of the horsemeat scandal which rocked Europe’s food industry, the European Commission has proposed measures to tighten controls on the health of animals and plants entering the European food chain.

5% of EU beef products contain horsemeat, says EU - 17 April 2013 - Video

Tests show up to 5% of EU beef products contain horsemeat - 17 April 2013 - News

Up to 5% of European Union products labelled as beef contain horsemeat, according to results published by the European Commission yesterday (16 April).

Barroso moves to limit damage from meat scandal - 06 March 2013 - News

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso on Tuesday (5 March) strongly defended the EU's response to the horsemeat scandal that has shaken consumer confidence and, more broadly, could have repercussions for international trade.

Borg signals compromise possible on tobacco additives - 05 March 2013 - News

EXCLUSIVE / The Commissioner for health and consumer affairs has signalled that European tobacco producers may include additives in Burley tobacco, offering East European tobacco producers a compromise that could enable them to continue production.

Borg: Labelling isn't the answer to the horsemeat scandal - 05 March 2013 - Interview

The Commissioner for health and consumer affairs tells EurActiv that the horsemeat scandal should be seen for what it is: a fraud rather than a flaw in the regulation. He favours introducing tougher penalties for such incidents, but believes food labelling should be kept as a separate issue.

Borg on Tobacco and Horsemeat - 05 March 2013 - Video

EU begins month of intensive DNA tests for horsemeat - 04 March 2013 - News

The EU has begun one month of extensive DNA testing on food products, after companies found horsemeat in numerous beef dishes.

Nestlé roped into horsemeat scandal - 20 February 2013 - News

Nestlé has removed beef pasta meals sold under its Buitoni brand from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horsemeat, becoming the latest company embroiled in a food scandal spreading across Europe.

Vets call for ‘horse passport’ register as meat scandal gallops on - 19 February 2013 - News

As the horsemeat-dressed-as-beef scandal continues to rock Europe’s food industry, a number of organisations are calling on stricter European regulation, including an EU-wide horse passport register.

EU gives 'untimely' OK to pork, poultry in fish feed - 15 February 2013 - News

The European Commission has reapproved the use of reconstituted animal protein for use in fish feed from June 2013, in a move declared "untimely" by French deputy minister for food Guillaume Garot.

Widening scandal prompts EU to seek DNA testing of meat - 14 February 2013 - News

The European Commission has proposed increased DNA testing of meat products to assess the scale of a scandal involving horsemeat sold as beef that has shocked the public and raised concern over the continent's food supply chains.

EU debates tighter food labelling rules after horsemeat scandal - 13 February 2013 - News

EU ministers in charge of agriculture and food safety are meeting in Brussels on Wednesday (13 February) to consider the wider implications of the recent discovery of horsemeat in beef products.

EU ministers to meet over horse meat scandal - 12 February 2013 - Video

EU ministers to meet over horsemeat concerns - 12 February 2013 - News

EU ministers will hold a meeting in Brussels tomorrow (13 February) to deal with the fallout from the horsemeat scandal as investigations in France and the UK continued yesterday.

Romania's Ponta 'very angry' at horsemeat fraud allegations - 11 February 2013 - News

The Romanian prime minister said on Monday (11 February) that any fraud over horsemeat sold as beef had not happened in his country and he was angered by suggestions it might have been.

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