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# Findus

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# crispy pancakes
Take a break and say goodbye to this childhood classic...
… don’t worry though. They’ll be coming back under a different name.
# Horsemeat
Horsemeat scandal spreads to Asia for first time
An imported lasagne has been pulled from the shelves in a Hong Kong supermarket.
# Horsemeat
Up to 60% horse DNA found in Tesco spaghetti bolognese
The supermarket retailer has apologised for letting its customers down, saying that a DNA testing programme is now underway.
# Horse Meat
As many as 16 countries could be hit by horse meat scandal
Attention is now turning to the complex nature of supply chains in the food industry in Europe as a Romanian abattoir is identified as one possible source of the contamination of frozen beef products.
# Aldi
Aldi frozen bolognaise, lasagne dishes 'at least 30pc horse' - tests
The Food Safety Authority says tests on Aldi’s products are positive – and says not to eat them if you’ve got them.
# need to know
The Evening Fix... now with added musical history
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Horse Meat
French watchdog trying to find 'origin of horsemeat fraud'
The DGCCRF says the Findus lasagnes, though processed in Luxembourg, got their ‘beef’ from a French supplier.
Voices
Column: The Irish beef business model is broken and needs to change
In the wake of yet more details about beef products contaminated with horse meat, Patrick Burke asks why Ireland’s beef industry – valued at €1.9bn exports in 2012 – has been importing raw food ingredients from Poland in the first place.
# Horse Meat
Findus 'horse meat' lasagne on sale in Ireland
The product, which was found to contain up to 100 per cent horse meat in the UK, was withdrawn from Tesco shelves on Wednesday but the FSAI was not informed.
# Horse lasagne
Findus beef lasagne meals may have contained 100pc horse meat
Britain’s Food Standards Agency says tests have shown at least 60pc horse meat content in a beef product – and maybe more.