Memo: Horse meat: Member States endorse the Commission’s control plan to detect fraud in the marketing of foods

15 February 2013, at an extraordinary Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) organized by the European Commission, the Member States endorsed the coordinated plan announced by Health & Consumer Policy Commissioner Tonio Borg on Wednesday 13th February.

The plan provides for regular reporting of the results of the controls to the Commission, such as information on sampling, type of analysis and follow-up controls. For positive findings related to horse meat, the country where the animals concerned were certified for slaughter will also be reported. All these information will be included in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) so that they can be immediately used by Member States' authorities.

European Commission: MEMO/13/104: Statement by Health & Consumer Policy, Tonio Borg, following the French authorities' announcement on their horsemeat investigation http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-104_en.htm

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