Nestlé withdraws tainted products

Nestle, the world’s biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini from shelves in Italy and Spain after tests revealed traces of horse DNA. A spokesman for the company said levels of horse DNA were very low but above 1%.

The Swiss-based firm has halted deliveries of products containing meat from a German supplier and is the latest in a string of major food producers to find traces of horsemeat in beef meals. Lasagnes a la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses and produced in France, is also being withdrawn.

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