Dutch officials have seized 690 tonnes of meat labeled as
beef, but either adulterated with horsemeat or is entirely horse meat.
The company is also under investigation for sales between Jan.
1, 2012 and Jan. 23 this year, which is when the meat was seized.
The meat that was seized is in refrigerators and freezers
and the authorities say they seized it so they can conduct a thorough
investigation.
Reporters have not yet been able to track down the identity of the company.
Last year it became a huge scandal that spread across Europe
after horsemeat labeled as beef first turned up in Ireland, then other
countries.
Much of that scandal was traced to meat-industry companies
in France, Poland and Belgium.
That scandal shook the confidence of consumers in not only
the integrity of meat supplies, but also food safety.
Authorities insisted throughout that scandal that food
safety was not an issue. How they determined that when they had been unable to detect
fraud has not been explained.
