date:Jul 24, 2014
en by 24 local authorities and found no traces of horse meat. The majority of samples were taken in the first two weeks of the sampling period which ran from 21 April to 16 June 2014.
A range of processed beef products were tested for undeclared horse meat as part of this EU-wide survey requested by the European Commission. These included ready meals containing beef, canned beef products, beef sausages, beef burgers, minced beef and beef meat balls.
Local authorities were asked to take samples