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| Horsemeat scandal: Romanian abattoirs 'not to blame' | Horsemeat scandal: Romanian abattoirs 'not to blame' |
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| The Romanian prime minister has denied allegations that two abattoirs in his country sold horsemeat purporting to be beef to European food companies. | |
| Victor Ponta said checks had been carried out and there had been no breach of rules and standards. | Victor Ponta said checks had been carried out and there had been no breach of rules and standards. |
| Two abattoirs had been linked to the contamination of processed meat products sold in Europe. | Two abattoirs had been linked to the contamination of processed meat products sold in Europe. |
| Many countries have been affected and the UK government says that a "criminal conspiracy" may have taken place. | Many countries have been affected and the UK government says that a "criminal conspiracy" may have taken place. |
| Mr Ponta expressed anger that his country had been blamed. | |
| "From all the data we have at the moment, there is no breach of European rules committed by companies from Romania or on Romanian territory," he told a news conference. | |
| "I am very angry, to be honest." | "I am very angry, to be honest." |
| In France, the government has summoned meat industry representatives for crisis talks. Seven French supermarket chains have already withdrawn some frozen ready meals from sale. | In France, the government has summoned meat industry representatives for crisis talks. Seven French supermarket chains have already withdrawn some frozen ready meals from sale. |
| French investigators have visited two companies involved in the import and processing of meat to try to establish at what stage the horsemeat was labelled as beef. |