EU horsemeat control plan approved

 Member states of the European Union on Friday  agreed on a plan to control fraudulently labeled horsemeat in the food market. >>

• German state of Bavaria confirms finding horsemeat in lasagna

 • French firm Spanghero rejects horsemeat fraud accusatio

 • Danish slaughterhouse suspected of selling horse meat

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Britain's Asda withdraws bolognese sauce after horse DNA found 

EU urges expedited investigation on horsemeat scandal

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EU horsemeat control plan approved 

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• Germany to investigate horsemeat scandal

• Cyprus company not to be held responsible for horsemeat scandal: official

• No horsemeat found in Portugal: gov't

• Horsemeat scandal reaches the Netherlands

• Horsemeat scandal spreads to Norway

• French firm suspected in horsemeat scandal

• British authority confirms presence of bute in horses

• Horsemeat scandal spreads across Europe

• Denmark toughenes check of ready meals amid horsemeat row

• Over 16 tons of hamburgers destroyed in Cyprus after horsemeat scandal

• Swiss supermarket giant finds horsemeat in lasagna

• Horsemeat scandal spreads to Germany

• EU urges expedited investigation on horsemeat scandal

• Romania should not be treated as "usual suspect" for horsemeat scandal: PM

• Romania sells over 6,000 tonnes of equine meat to EU countries in 2012

• France pledges sanctions in horsemeat scandal

• Irish PM promises to resolve horsemeat scandal

Backgrounder

Key food scandals in Europe:

The European continent has witnessed a number of major food scandals in recent years despite Europe's high-standard food safety system.

 Horsemeat scandal

The scandal came up to the surface in mid-January when Irish food inspectors detected horsemeat in frozen beef burgers made by firms in Ireland and Britain and sold in supermarket chains including Tesco, Britain's top retailer. >>

 Outbreaks of E. coli infection

According to the World Health Organization, countries in the European region have reported a large number of infections from verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4, resulting in cases of bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in Germany in 2011, and in 15 other countries in Europe and North America. >> 

  Mad cow disease

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. >>