Undeclared horse meat found in Czech Republic
Czech Republic has become the latest country to detect horse meat in food products labeled as beef.
PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech Republic has become the latest country to detect horse meat in food products labeled as beef in a widening European food labeling scandal.
The discovery by the state-run Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority is the first such case in the Czech Republic.
The office said Wednesday that DNA tests detected horse meat in lasagna Bolognese made by frozen food processor Tavola S. A. Comigel and sold at a Tesco store in western city of Plzen. Tesco was ordered to recall it, and tests continue.
Horse meat has turned up across Europe in frozen supermarket meals such as burgers and lasagna, in beef pasta sauce, on restaurant menus, in school lunches and in hospital meals.
