Food safety

Food safety

• Dutch court upholds recall of suspect meat

  A Dutch court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's Food and Consumer Product Authority to recall 50,000 tons of meat sold across Europe as ... 

• EU: Test show no safety issues with horsemeat

  More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there ... 

• Dutch recall 50,000 tons of meat across Europe

  Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse ... 

• UK chain pulls corned beef after vet drug found

  British supermarket chain Asda says it is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of a veterinary drug were found in some batches 

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  After meatballs, Ikea withdraws sausages

  After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed "a few indications of ... 

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  Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal

  The European Union agreed Friday to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a bid to put a lid on a spreading scandal over horsemeat, while ... 

• Dutch authorities raid butcher in horsemeat probe

  Dutch prosecutors say food safety experts have raided a meat processing plant as part of a criminal investigation into horsemeat fraud. 

• Norway recalls processed food in horsemeat scare

  Officials in Oslo say that processed food products have been recalled from stores in Norway after warnings from the European Union that they may ... 

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  Horsemeat scandal reaches Sweden

  Sweden on Friday became the newest European country to be hit by a widening meat products scandal, as frozen-food company Findus said it was recalling ... 

• UK: Lasagna products 60 percent horsemeat

  Some beef lasagna products recalled from British stores contained more than 60 percent horsemeat, U.K. food safety authorities said Thursday. It was ... 

• 'Horseburger' firm blames 170 tons of Polish meat

  The Irish meat company at the center of Europe's "horseburger" scandal on Tuesday blamed the contamination of its hamburger patties on the purchase ... 

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  Suppliers, grocers turning to DNA testing on meat

  Ireland's surprise discovery this month of horsemeat traces in factory-produced burgers is boosting business for one trade: Forensics labs that use ... 

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  Ireland recalls 10 mln burgers on horsemeat fears

  An Irish meat processor recalled 10 million burgers Wednesday from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain amid fears that many could contain ...