EU policy not to blame for horse-meat scandal, says Commissioner

Europe's Health and Consumer policy chief today rejected claims that EU policy was to blame for the horse meat scandal.

Wed, 13 Feb, 2013 - 11:52

Europe's Health and Consumer policy chief today rejected claims that EU policy was to blame for the horse-meat scandal.

Commissioner Tonio Borg, speaking ahead of talks in Brussels, said there were EU rules in force on labelling and a Rapid Alert system to identify rogue goods and remove them from shelves across Europe if necessary.

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Courts Horsemeat scandal Place: Brussels Place: Europe Place: UK Place: Ireland Place: France Place: Romania Place: Netherlands Place: Luxembourg Person: Commissioner Europe's Health and Consumer policy Person: Tonio Borg Person: Borg Event: horse-meat scandal Event: horse meat scandal Organisation: EU Organisation: Europe Organisation: EU's Organisation: Standing Committee on the Food Chain

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