BRUSSELS TO HUNT FOR HIDDEN HORSEMEAT IN SECOND SET OF DNA TESTS
February 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to coordinate a second set of DNA tests this spring, similar to those conducted last year following the horsemeat mislabeling scandal, with the results being published by the end of July.Brussels’ plan has been endorsed by the European Union’s (EU) standing committee on the food chain. It would be the second time the Commission has organised DNA tests across the EU to find out if horsemeat is being fraudulently added to products labelled as beef. A first round in 2013 revealed that approximately 4.6% of products sampled contained ...
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