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50,000 tons of Dutch meat suspected of containing horsemeat
Dutch authorities say that some 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef by two Dutch wholesalers across Europe may contain horsemeat.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said in a statement on Wednesday that the meat sold by Wiljo Import-Export and Willy Selten Meat Wholesalers is being recalled because its exact source cannot be established.
Authorities said they had sent letters to about 130 known clients of the two wholesalers in the Netherlands to “take it (the meat) off the market as a precautionary measure” and “verify all products.”
Benno Bruggink, a spokesman for the NVWA, said that the order applied to meat with a sell-by date between the beginning of 2011 and February 2015. Much of it may have been consumed already.
“We do not have any indications of problems for public health, but because we cannot guarantee where the meat comes from — the origin is not certain — we are saying this is not fit for human consumption,” Bruggink said.
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