Prime Minister David Cameron has called the horsemeat scandal an "appalling situation", stressing that if criminal activity has taken place "there should be the full intervention of the law".
Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the House of Commons. Credit: ITV News
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron said an enhanced testing regime not only found contamination, but discovered that in some instances horsemeat had been passed off as beef.
He called the discovery "completely unacceptable".
I have just spoken to the abattoir owner in Yorkshire. He says it is a complete surprise the FSA have visited his site. The owner says he has a license to slaughter horses and denies any wrong-doing.
Three people have been airlifted from a caravan park and dozens more are awaiting rescue after serious flooding around Aberystwyth in West Wales, the Mid and West Fire and Rescue Service said.
