Europe horsemeat scandal spreads to Asia
- Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 10.43
- Online news: Asia
The fallout from Europe's horsemeat scandal has spread far outside the continent, with an imported lasagne brand pulled from shelves in Hong Kong and a new row over the treatment of horses farmed in the Americas.
A ParknShop supermarket van is shown in Hong Kong in May 2003. Lasagne made by frozen food giant Findus was being sold at supermarkets run by ParknShop, one of the biggest supermarket chains in the southern Chinese city and owned by tycoon Li Ka-shing.
A host of top players have been caught up in the spiralling scandal including Nestle, the world's biggest food company, top beef producer JBS of Brazil and British supermarket chain Tesco.
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