Horsemeat scandal spreads across Europe and grows more serious and more bizarre ... The crisis has reached different parts of the old continent: it first began in Britain where the scandal came to light in January when food inspectors in Ireland found horsemeat in burgers stocked by some UK supermarket chains. Now more cases of contaminated food are emerging as British retailers are conducting tests for horsemeat on processed beef products. Then it spread to France, where President Hollande has recently stated that compulsory labeling on meats is needed in processed foods. On the other hand, in Germany the discovery of mislabeled quantities of meat in frozen lasagne and other goods opened up Pandora's box, while in Italy and Spain Nestlé has recently removed from sale beef pasta meals sold under its Buitoni brand after finding traces of horsemeat. Up to 16 EU countries may now be affected, and important supermarkets chains such as Tesco, Asda, Iceland, Lidl and Sainsbury's have also been withdrawing processed meat products.
The involvement of major multinational firms including Nestlé, Burger King or Ikea amongst others has highlighted the staggering complexity of the global food chain. 
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