date:Aug 07, 2014
ntry, the number of tests recommended to detect the extent of the mislabelling variedbetween 10-150 samples depending on the size of the country. Some EU countries exceeded the number of tests recommended by the Commission.
Overall, 2 622 tests were carried out by the competent authorities in the 28 EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. Of those tests, only 16 revealed positive traces of horse meat DNA, or 0.61% of the samples. All the 16 cases are being followed-up by the competent au