The FSA said Findus had tested the meat in 18 of its beef lasagne products and found 11 meals in which it contained between 60% and 100% horsemeat.

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The company has admitted that test results from 29 January showed traces of horsemeat in its beef products.

BBC: UK

By Sunday 10 February, the Romanian government was examining the possibility that horsemeat found in beef products in Britain and France had come from an abattoir in its jurisdiction.

BBC: Ulster Farmers' Union: Anger over horsemeat scandal

Findus UK said the only product on sale in the UK using ingredients from the French supplier had been its beef lasagne and all other beef products on sale in the UK had been DNA-tested and cleared.

BBC: Horsemeat scandal: Beef products 'pose no health risk'

The Polish abattoir linked to beef found in Newry that contained horsemeat, has said it does not process equine products in its factories.

BBC: Polish firm says it 'does not process horse meat'

But since corn is used to feed livestock, any increase in its price will also cause the price of beef, pork, poultry and dairy products to rise.

ECONOMIST: Agriculture

Aldi said only one of its products - the Oakhurst Beef Burgers (8 pack), which was on sale only in the Republic of Ireland - had been affected.

BBC: 'Horsemeat beefburgers' investigated in UK and Ireland

The scandal began in Ireland in mid-January when the country announced the results of its first-ever DNA tests on beef products.

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