However, he told EkhoMoskvyRadio that the results were still preliminary and the Texas authorities were still "considering the possibility of instituting charges over negligent treatment of the child and involuntary manslaughter".
Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief sanitary official, told EkhoMoskvyradio that he has sent a letter to the European Commission requesting a guarantee that meat products sold to Russia don't contain horse meat.