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  • Scottish Public Analysts' labs detect horse meat DNA in school burgers


    Processed foods have been undergoing DNA testing

    This is the first such discovery following widespread local authority testing resulting from the discovery of horsemeat in the UK food chain.

    The Food Standards Agency has been advised and “investigations continue”.
    Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said: “It is unacceptable that a burger which has tested positive for traces of horsemeat was supplied to a school in North Lanarkshire.
    “However, North Lanarkshire Council have taken immediate action to withdraw the product from the schools and, as a precautionary measure, all Scottish schools have been advised to put a hold on the use of frozen burgers.
    “Of the thousands of tests, this is the first positive result in our schools, but it is one too many.
    “No company should be supplying our schools with food with beef products that contain traces of horse meat.”


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