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”. Around 370 companies across Europe could also be affected, the organisation said.
Netherlands says 50,000 tonnes of beef may contain horse
