This is Plymouth --LEGAL action over the horse meat scandal is to be mounted in Europe, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has said as he described the contamination of beef products as a case of fraud against the public.
Mr Paterson said the scandal appeared to be "extensive" across Europe but he repeated his rejection of calls for a ban on meat imports, saying that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) advice was that all products on sale are safe for consumption.
"This is a case of fraud and a conspiracy against the public; this is a criminal action, substituting one material for another," he told BBC Breakfast.
"If a British consumer goes into a retail store and buys a beef product, they should expect to get beef in that product, not horse." Reported by This is 3 hours ago.