Horsemeat report urges Food Crime Unit creation

The final report into the horsemeat scandal has made a number of recommendations to "improve the integrity and assurance of food supply networks".

They include:

• Put the consumers first by ensuring that their needs in relation to food safety and food crime prevention are the top priority
• Create a robust, effective Food Crime Unit to protect the food industry and consumers from criminal activity
• Zero tolerance approach to food fraud by improving intelligence gathering
• Introduce unannounced audit checks by the food industry
• Support the development of whistleblowing and reporting of food crime
• Improve lab testing capacity and capability to ensure a standardised approach for food testing
• Encourage the food industry to question the source of their supply chain