European Parliament 12 February 2013, Written question E-001421/13 Gaston Franco (PPE) to the Commission. Improving the system of checks in the food industry in the wake of the horsemeat scandal

Question for written answer E-001421/13 to the Commission Gaston Franco (PPE) (12 February 2013) Subject: Improving the system of checks in the food industry in the wake of the horsemeat scandal On 7 February 2013, the UK’s Food Standards Agency discovered horsemeat in products labelled as containing beef.