Irish materials found in only one of 17 horsemeat reports

Irish materials were implicated in only one of the 17 horse meat contaminations reported over the past fortnight in the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed.

Cottage pie from Ireland, distributed to the UK, was found to contain 50%-70% horse DNA.

Horse DNA at more than 1% was found in frozen sausages from Sweden in the Netherlands; and in a meat dish with potatoes from Sweden, also found in the Netherlands; in frozen beef from Poland, in Germany; in lasagne bolognaise from France, sold in Belgium; in various pasta products from Italy distributed to several EU countries, and Croatia; in corned beef from France, distributed to Poland and with raw material from Poland; in beef products from Belgium, with raw material from the Netherlands, distributed to Belgium and Sweden; and in beef roulade in spicy sauce from Poland, in Germany.