Horsemeat crisis sparks calls for DNA food tests in Europe
By Claire Rosemberg in Brussels | China Daily | Updated: 2013-02-15 07:53
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Florin Dumitru, 40, rides his horse-driven cart in Poroschia village, 90 km south of Bucharest, Romania, on Monday. Dumitru says he would sell the horse to the slaughterhouse to be butchered when it can no longer plow or pull a cart. Bogdan Cristel / Reuters |
The EU's executive called in Europe's law enforcers on Wednesday and urged that DNA food testing be done in all member states to restore consumer confidence amid a widening scandal over horsemeat-tainted processed food.
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