The horsemeat scandal is steadily trotting its way along, this time right into household-name company Nestle’s popular food products.
The Associated Press is reporting that the world’s biggest food and drink maker, Nestle, has become the latest company to discover traces of horsemeat in their products in Europe. They are now pulling those products from shelves.
The company, based in Vevey, Switzerland, said in a statement late Monday that it withdrew some of its beef pasta ready meals from sale after tests conducted two days earlier detected horse DNA. Nestle said it increased its surveillance after reports emerged last month of mislabeled products being sold in Britain.
“Our tests have found traces of horse DNA in two products made from beef supplied by H.J. Schypke,” Nestle said in a statement. “The levels found are above the one percent threshold the U.K.’s Food Safety Agency uses to indicate likely adulteration or gross negligence.”
A German subcontractor for one of Nestle’s suppliers, H.J. Schypke, said that they had never knowingly procured horsemeat for their products.
“We regret this incident and will intensify our efforts to provide the highest quality products,” it said. “As a result, we will conduct genetic tests on all raw incoming meat in future.”
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But what about our favorite Nestle products: Hot chocolate, candy bars, coffee creamer, frozen dinners?
According to Nestle, the Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini meals sent to Italy and Spain, and frozen meat sold as Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes to catering businesses in France, were safe to consume. They also said that Nestle food brands, such as Stouffer’s, Lean Cuisine and Gerber baby foods, weren’t affected.
Good, because Lean Cuisine’s are the sh*t. Hold the horse!
SOURCE: AP
