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| Horsemeat: FSA findings – the key points | Horsemeat: FSA findings – the key points |
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| The Food Standards Agency today announced the results of widescale testing of processed meat products for traces of horsemeat. Here are the key points from the FSA's briefing: | The Food Standards Agency today announced the results of widescale testing of processed meat products for traces of horsemeat. Here are the key points from the FSA's briefing: |
| • A total of 29 of the 2,501 items tested by the industry, which reported to the FSA, tested positive for horsemeat. | • A total of 29 of the 2,501 items tested by the industry, which reported to the FSA, tested positive for horsemeat. |
| • This includes seven products, all of which the public was already aware of. The products linked to the positive results were: Aldi's special frozen beef lasagne and special frozen spaghetti bolognese, the Co-op's frozen quarter pounder burgers, Findus beef lasagne, Rangeland's catering burger products, and Tesco value frozen burgers and value spaghetti bolognese. | • This includes seven products, all of which the public was already aware of. The products linked to the positive results were: Aldi's special frozen beef lasagne and special frozen spaghetti bolognese, the Co-op's frozen quarter pounder burgers, Findus beef lasagne, Rangeland's catering burger products, and Tesco value frozen burgers and value spaghetti bolognese. |
| • But a positive result only covers products that tested more than 1% positive for horse. | • But a positive result only covers products that tested more than 1% positive for horse. |
| • The tests only covered about a quarter of all meat products eaten by consumers. | • The tests only covered about a quarter of all meat products eaten by consumers. |
| • There are at least 962 more tests still to be carried out. | • There are at least 962 more tests still to be carried out. |
| • No products grossly contaminated with horse tested positive for the drug phenylbutazone - or "bute". | • No products grossly contaminated with horse tested positive for the drug phenylbutazone - or "bute". |
| • Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Iceland, M&S and Co-op all reported that they were in the clear. | • Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Iceland, M&S and Co-op all reported that they were in the clear. |
| • But Whitbread admitted today that its meat lasagnes and beefburgers were affected. The tests reported today by the FSA did not include Whitbread's positive results. | • But Whitbread admitted today that its meat lasagnes and beefburgers were affected. The tests reported today by the FSA did not include Whitbread's positive results. |
| • It is likely to be "impossible" to ever know the full extent of horse meat mis-labelling, the FSA's director in Wales Steve Wearne said. | • It is likely to be "impossible" to ever know the full extent of horse meat mis-labelling, the FSA's director in Wales Steve Wearne said. |
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