Tesco found in horsemeat frozen chopped

Discovered another horse meat in products. The largest British grocery store chain Tesco announced that it would withdraw its meat product - frozen chopped after tests found it in two to five percent of horse meat.
The company stated that it had withdrawn from the counters 600-gram pack chopped Tesco Simply Roast Meatloaf, thus roasted minced meat produced from October 2012 to January 2013 by EUROSTOCK village Craigavon in Northern Ireland. Information brought news agency Reuters.
Tesco added that held its own thorough investigation and search for the source of contamination of the food product before deciding whether to continue cooperation with the supplier. Tests 15 other products from the same manufacturer showed the presence of horse meat, said Tesco technical manager Tim Smith in a statement.
Horse meat scandal erupted in Europe in January, when tests in Ireland revealed that some products containing beef and equine DNA. The scandal has since spread across the continent and involved a large number of well-known brands.
Necessitated the removal of products from stores, raised concerns of consumers and also launched a government investigation of a complex chain of food processing in the region. Smith said that Tesco has screened more than 500 products under its program of DNA testing and that this was the fourth product sold under the Tesco brand, tested positive.
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