Brussels, 07/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - In the midst of the labelling fraud over horsemeat sold as beef, the Belgian MEP Bart Staes (Greens/EFA) alerted the press, on Thursday 7 March, to the possible health risks of horsemeat from North America.
Of the 108,000 tonnes of horsemeat eaten in the EU every year, one third is imported, 85% of it from Mexico, Canada and Argentina, which are linked to the EU via the NAFTA agreement, but the meat actually comes mainly from the United States (85% of...