The EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, has been asked to assist in the investigations into the Europe-wide horse meat scandal. The investigations started after beef lasagna products, which are made by a French company, were found to contain up to 100% horse meat.
The alarm was raised after the French food producer alerted retailer Aldi that their products did not conform with production standards. An Aldi spokesman said: ‘Tests have been completed that show that the withdrawn products indeed contain horse meat. In samples selected at random, tests demonstrated that the withdrawn products contained between 30% and 100% horse meat’. Horse DNA has also been found in products in Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands.
The German public TV news program ARD Tagesthemen wants an interview with the responsible Europol executive.
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