Dive Summary:

• The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released a statement claiming that the amount of horse meat contamination was so great, it could only have been from either gross negligence of willful contamination.
• This is why, the agency points out, British and European police have been called in to conduct the investigation rather than just food inspectors.
• The meat has been linked to Ireland and France, although no definite source has yet to be uncovered.

From the article:

We believe that these two particular cases - the frozen burgers from Tesco and the lasagne from Findus - are linked to suppliers in Ireland and France respectively. We are working closely with the authorities in these countries to get to the root of the problem.

Our priority remains to protect UK consumers. People have been asking whether it is safe to eat any frozen meat products at the moment. There is no reason to suspect that there’s any health issue with frozen food in general, and we wouldn’t advise people to stop eating it.