Tag: Food Standards Agency

• Saturday, February 9th 2013 - 08:49 UTC

  Scandal extends to Europe: horsemeat in frozen lasagne and spaghetti Bolognese

  

  British Environment secretary is to meet representatives from the Food Standards Agency and meat retailers and suppliers to discuss the horsemeat scandal. Owen Paterson said investigations into how beef products had been contaminated with horsemeat were ongoing but “the evidence so far suggests... it is either criminal activity or gross negligence”.