The Swiss-based firm has halted deliveries of products containing meat from a German supplier.

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And in Portugal, authorities said they found and seized 12, 410 packages of frozen lasagna containing horse meat.

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It is extremely unlikely that anyone who has eaten horse meat containing bute will experience one of these side effects.

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"It is extremely unlikely that anyone who has eaten horse meat containing bute will experience one of these side effects, " she added.

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While the drug isn't allowed to enter the food chain in the U.K., British authorities said the risk to those people who may have eaten meat containing it is very low.

WSJ: U.K. Arrests Men in Horse-Meat Probe

The checks were conducted by local councils following the earlier recalls of supermarket and caterer meat products containing horsemeat.

BBC: Further tests after 'horse DNA' find in beef products

The FSA-supervised testing programme is being conducted by local councils following the earlier recalls of supermarket and caterer meat products containing horsemeat.

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Foods containing more than 2.3% saturated fat - including dairy produce, meat and processed foods - were subject to the surcharge.

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Tests for horsemeat in processed meat products have now been expanded to look at foodstuffs labelled as containing beef as a major ingredient.

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After an Irish meat-processing company, Silvercrest Foods, was linked with hamburger containing traces of horsemeat, Burger King earlier this month severed its ties.

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