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China poultry sector losses exceed $1.6 billion on bird flu scare

April 16, 2013 02:46
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China's poultry sector has recorded losses of more than 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) since reports emerged of a new strain of bird flu two weeks ago, an official at the country's National Poultry Industry Association told Reuters on Tuesday. Authorities have slaughtered thousands of birds and closed live poultry markets in Shanghai and Beijing in an attempt to reduce the rate of human infection and allay growing fears about the H7N9 virus.

Italy finds 20 percent of beef samples contain horse meat

April 15, 2013 15:19
ROME (Reuters) - Tests on beef products in Italy have found that one in five contain more than 1 percent horse meat, the Italian Health Ministry said on Monday. Italy launched an inspection of the sector in response to the scandal of horse meat in products labelled as beef that has spread across Europe since January, prompting product withdrawals and worrying consumers.

Britain launches review into horsemeat scandal

April 15, 2013 12:16
The British government said Monday it was launching a wide-ranging review into the horsemeat scandal in a bid to restore consumer confidence. Food Minister David Heath said the review would look for any weaknesses in the food chain that could be exploited by unscrupulous traders. The move comes after revelations that beef products sold across Europe contained large quantities of horsemeat. The scandal began in Ireland and Britain in January before spreading across the continent.

Netherlands say it was late to recover most of 50,000 tons of beef recalled over concerns it may contain horsemeat

April 12, 2013 12:30
The Netherlands said today it was probably too late to recover most of 50,000 tonnes of beef recalled over concerns it may contain horsemeat because much of it probably has been eaten in the past two years. The meat, sold as beef but suspected of containing horsemeat, was shipped to 380 companies in the Netherlands and at least three other European Union member states between January 2011-January 2013, the Dutch food safety authority said. Some of the meat may be in frozen meals with long expiration dates still in supermarket freezers. The food authority fears the beef ma

Nõo Meat Industry: horsemeat find was a bad surprise

April 11, 2013 16:02
Manager of the Estonian Nõo Meat Industry Toomas Kruustük said that the announcement of the Latvian Veterinary Board that they found horsemeat from Nõo's Parmesan sausage came as a bad surprise, Äripäev Online reports. "We discovered with surprise that such a thing is possible. We have conducted a test before and it has been completely in order, but now that has emerged. We are working on it now," said Kruustük.

Dutch food watchdog recalls 50,000 tons of beef in horse meat scandal

April 11, 2013 15:50
Around 50,000 tonnes of beef sold across Europe was recalled by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) on Wednesday on fears it might contain horse meat. There are currently no concrete indications that there is a danger to public health.

Dutch say suspect meat likely eaten, too late to recall

April 11, 2013 13:16
By Svebor Kranjc OSS, Netherlands (Reuters) - The Netherlands said on Thursday it was probably too late to recover most of 50,000 tonnes of beef recalled over concerns it may contain horsemeat because much of it probably has been eaten in the past two years. The meat, sold as beef but suspected of containing horsemeat, was shipped to 380 companies in the Netherlands and at least three other European Union member states between January 2011-January 2013, the Dutch food safety authority said.

Netherlands says 50,000 tonnes of beef may contain horse

April 10, 2013 13:45
The Netherlands' food watchdog on Wednesday asked hundreds of companies across Europe, supplied by a Dutch wholesaler suspected of mixing beef and horsemeat, to check 50,000 tonnes of suspect meat. The latest saga comes after a vast food scandal that erupted across Europe after horsemeat was found in supposedly pure beef ready-made meals and burgers in Britain and Ireland.

Netherlands says 50,000 tonnes of beef may contain horse

April 10, 2013 12:45
The Netherlands' food watchdog on Wednesday asked hundreds of companies across Europe, supplied by a Dutch wholesaler suspected of mixing beef and horsemeat, to check 50,000 tonnes of suspect meat. The organisation sent a letter to 130 Dutch companies who were supplied with possible horse-contaminated beef from the Selten company asking them to "take it off the market as a precautionary measure" and "verify all products". The NVWA said that although the meat's origin could not be guaranteed, "there are no signs of a danger to public health."

Horse meat found in Lithuanian, Estonian products

April 10, 2013 12:33
The Food and Veterinary Service has received information from the British laboratory Genon Laboratories LTD on the 41 beef samples sent from Latvia. Genon Laboratories LTD has found horse meat in four of them. Horse meat traces have been found in Parmesan sausages produced by the Estonian company NOO Cepeskungs and Exclusive sausages from the Lithuanian company Grimeda. The Food and Veterinary Service has recalled Parmesan sausages from Latvia's stores, Food and Veterinary Service representative Ilze Meistere informs. Genon Laboratories LTD findings indicate that Ex
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