Brussels, 19/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU member state experts had hardly given their go-ahead to implementation of a plan to step up coordinated controls for detecting horsemeat fraud on the EU market, when the Commission formally endorsed, on Tuesday 19 February, the recommendation along these lines in response to the scandal relating to horsemeat found in frozen food products designated as pure beef products (see EUROPE 10787 and 10786).
Tests will now begin in the 27 member states - the...