European Horsemeat Scandal Spreads To Asia

Europe's horsemeat scandal has spread to Asia where an imported lasagne brand was taken off the shelves in Hong Kong.

Officials ordered ParknShop, one of the biggest supermarket chains on the island, to take the product off the shelves saying it "might be adulterated with horsemeat which has not undergone tests for veterinary drugs".

The chain, owned by tycoon Li Ka-shing, has about 280 stores in Hong Kong and the neighbouring gaming hub of Macau.

A spokeswoman at the government's food and environmental hygiene department said only one contaminated product had so far been sold in Hong Kong.

The Czech Republic has become the latest European country embroiled in the affair, with food inspectors ordering Tesco to withdraw Nowaco brand frozen "beef" lasagne after horsemeat was found.

Findus is one of the companies whose products have been affected

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority said it had found horse DNA in two samples of the Nowaco meals manufactured in Luxembourg.

Inspectors "ordered the seller to immediately withdraw the products from its network," the authority said in a statement.

"We are very sorry about the situation and we will discuss the matter with the supplier," Tesco spokesman Jan Dvorak said, adding the chain had protectively withdrawn the product earlier.

Meanwhile, further tests for horsemeat contamination are being carried out in the UK, with House of Commons catering outlets being dragged into the growing scandal.

The Food Standards Agency is investigating a wide range of products including cafe sandwiches, gelatine, stock cubes and other beef-based foods sold pre-packed or loose.

And the parliamentary authorities said four beef products had been withdrawn from the heavily subsidised eateries used by MPs, peers and staff.

The products withdrawn were steak and kidney pie, beef and onion pie, steak and kidney suet pudding, and beef Italian meatballs, a Commons spokesman said - the tests were later found to be negative.

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