February 13, 2013 1:11 PM

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Horse meat scandal:EU Agri Ministers meeting in Brussels today

The European Union Agriculture Ministers are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the horse meat scandal that has affected up to 16 countries so far. The EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg is hosting the talks, which will be looking at ways of restoring consumer confidence in meat products. This comes after the discovery that meat sold in Europe labelled as beef contained horse meat. The scandal has raised questions about the complexity of the food industry's supply chains across the 27-member EU bloc.Meanwhile, Romania has denied claims that it was the source of the mislabelling of horsemeat.

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