http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/12928-food-safety.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/12928-food-safety.html http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — 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 beef. The agency said it fears the meat, which came from a processing plant named after its owner Willy Selten, may have had horse meat mixed into it. It said an investigation of Selten's rec... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:39:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html 2013-04-18T13:39:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2023004-eu-test-safety-issues-with-horsemeat.html BRUSSELS (AP) — 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 is no danger to public health, officials said Tuesday. The tests showed that the veterinary anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone, or bute, was present in about .5 percent of the horse meat, ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:55:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2023004-eu-test-safety-issues-with-horsemeat.html 2013-04-16T15:55:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2010512-dutch-recall-50000-tons-meat-europe.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — 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 meat, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The announcement was the latest development in a far-reaching scandal that saw horse meat mixed in with other meats and sold as beef across ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:08:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2010512-dutch-recall-50000-tons-meat-europe.html 2013-04-10T15:08:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2008952-uk-chain-pulls-corned-beef-vet-drug.html LONDON (AP) — 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. The Food Standards Agency says "very low levels" of a painkiller called phenylbutazone, known as "bute," were detected in the products. The agency said Tuesday it was the first time the drug ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2008952-uk-chain-pulls-corned-beef-vet-drug.html 2013-04-09T19:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1918524-meatballs-ikea-withdraws-sausages.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed "a few indications of horse meat" and that it would also remove wiener sausages made by the same supplier. Meanwhile, Poland acknowledged for the first time that it is a source of horse meat that has fraudulently end... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:19:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1918524-meatballs-ikea-withdraws-sausages.html 2013-02-27T23:19:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1894126-runners-riders-europes-horsemeat-scandal.html LONDON (AP) — 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 British authorities announced traces of horse had been found in school meals, restaurant dishes and hospital food, as well as supermarket products. A rundown on a scandal that continues to spread: WH... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:00:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1894126-runners-riders-europes-horsemeat-scandal.html 2013-02-15T19:00:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1895188-dutch-authorities-raid-butcher-horsemeat-probe.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say food safety experts have raided a meat processing plant as part of a criminal investigation into horsemeat fraud. Prosecutors said Friday the company in North Brabant province is believed to have processed horsemeat from the Netherlands and Ireland, and mixed it with beef before selling the mixture as "p... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:41:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1895188-dutch-authorities-raid-butcher-horsemeat-probe.html 2013-02-15T18:41:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1889694-norway-recalls-processed-food-horsemeat-scare.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — Officials in Oslo say that processed food products have been recalled from stores in Norway after warnings from the European Union that they may contain horsemeat. Norwegian Food Safety Authority spokesman Kenneth Vikse said Wednesday that leading store chains, Findus and other producers had recalled all such possible products. He says... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:10:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1889694-norway-recalls-processed-food-horsemeat-scare.html 2013-02-13T19:10:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1877264-horsemeat-scandal-reaches-sweden.html LONDON (AP) — 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 beef lasagna meals there after tests confirmed the products contained horsemeat. Already, Britain, Ireland, Poland and France have been drawn into the growing saga over the use of horsemeat an... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1877264-horsemeat-scandal-reaches-sweden.html 2013-02-08T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1875528-uk-lasagna-products-60-percent-horsemeat.html LONDON (AP) — Some beef lasagna products recalled from British stores contained more than 60 percent horsemeat, U.K. food safety authorities said Thursday. It was the latest revelation in a growing scandal surrounding the use of horsemeat and the mislabeling of meat products in Europe. Frozen-food company Findus recalled the beef lasagna meals earlier thi... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1875528-uk-lasagna-products-60-percent-horsemeat.html 2013-02-07T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1869278-horseburger-firm-blames-170-tons-polish-meat.html DUBLIN (AP) — The Irish meat company at the center of Europe's "horseburger" scandal on Tuesday blamed the contamination of its hamburger patties on the purchase last year of 170 tons of meat imported from Poland. As Ireland struggled to contain the damage to its reputation as Europe's top beef exporter, the ABP Food Group shed new light on how burgers ma... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1869278-horseburger-firm-blames-170-tons-polish-meat.html 2013-02-05T21:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1855846-suppliers-grocers-turning-to-dna-testing-meat.html DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's surprise discovery this month of horsemeat traces in factory-produced burgers is boosting business for one trade: Forensics labs that use DNA fingerprinting to tell you what's on your plate. Horsemeat, which costs a fraction of beef, might not be bad for you to eat but it's definitely bad for sales of products that are labeled as b... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1855846-suppliers-grocers-turning-to-dna-testing-meat.html 2013-01-30T17:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1824762-ireland-recalls-10-mln-burgers-horsemeat-fears.html DUBLIN (AP) — An Irish meat processor recalled 10 million burgers Wednesday from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain amid fears that many could contain horsemeat, a discovery that poses no danger to public health but threatens to undermine the beef business central to Ireland's rural economy. Silvercrest Foods, Ireland's second-largest processor of be... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1824762-ireland-recalls-10-mln-burgers-horsemeat-fears.html 2013-01-16T17:40:00Z