The European Law enforcement agency Europol is to co ordinate a criminal investigation into the horse meat scandal across several countries.

The European Commission has also announced the introduction of random DNA testing of processed beef products .

The commission will contribute half of the estimated €3 million cost.

The moves form part of a series of recommendations put forward after Agriculture ministers from 8 of the EU countries implicated in the scandal met in Brussels yesterday.

IFA President John Bryan says tighter controls and inspections are needed and he wants food labels to be more detailed and more accurate:

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