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Romania fears lasting damage to reputation over horsemeat

President Traian Basescu said Sunday he feared lasting damage to Romania's reputation if a Romanian meat supplier is found to be at fault over Europe's spiralling horsemeat scandal.

A picture taken on June 23, 2011 in Castelnaudary, southeastern France, shows a French food industry employee working on the production chain of beef steaks. President Traian Basescu said Sunday he feared lasting damage to Romania's reputation if a Romanian meat supplier is found to be at fault over Europe's spiralling horsemeat scandal.

Speaking after Romanian food industry officials pointed the finger of blame at the French meat importer at the heart of the controversy over horsemeat sold as beef, he said: "I hope it is not a case of false labelling on the Romanian side."

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  • Ian

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    Discussion 2 : 11 Feb 2013 at 08.562

    In my childhood years I have eaten horse meat, it looks and tastes completely different from beef. There is no way they could be confused.

  • faranginkorat

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    Discussion 1 : 11 Feb 2013 at 07.231

    I remember about 30 years ago a ship from Australia full of of frozen "beef" destined for Taco Bell was determined not to be beef. There was speculation in the media was that it was horse meat. A follow-up report said it was not horse meat and would be destroyed as it was falsely labeled. The government would not even let it be used for animal feed. It was probably kangaroo, but when in chile in a taco, it was good :-)

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