Horsemeat in School Meals: Horse Found in UK School's Cottage Pies and in Hospital Meals

A county in England has found horse meant in their cottage pies in 47 of the county's schools.

Fox News reported that Lancashire County Council has said that they have taken out the product in all of the schools.

"The news comes as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) published the results of tests on all supermarket beef products, revealing that 29 of the 2,501 samples contained horse meat," reported Fox News.

"If you're in the business of selling food, you have to make sure you're clear to consumers that what you sell is what it says on label," Food Standards Agency Andrew Wadge said to Sky News.

Fox News reported that the hospitality company, Whitbread also found horse meat in their burgers and beef lasagna. These meals were sold at Whitbread companies including Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill, Table Table and Premier Inn. Whitbred said that they removed these items from their menu and won't be replaced till further testing is done.

It was also revealed that burgers with horse meat in them were also supplied to hospitals in Northern Ireland. The Associated Press reported that that David Bingham who is from the health service's Business Services Organization that hospital meals had been removed.

"Several British supermarket chains, including Morrisons and Tesco, said Friday that tests on their products had so far been negative for horsemeat," reported the AP.

"I think there will be still more discoveries to be made," British food inspector, Duncan Campbell said to the BBC. "The more people have looked for horsemeat, the more products have been found containing it. I don't think we have got to the bottom of it yet."

The awareness for horse meat in beef items started when Irish authorities found horse DNA in frozen burgers at a number of retailers around Europe.

Earlier this month Horse meat was found in UK firm Findus' beef lasagnas. This happened just weeks after horse and pig DNA was found in its burgers.

CNN reported that 60 percent and 100 percent horse meat was found in Findus lasagna according to food inspectors.

"Findus said it had withdrawn its lasagna -- labeled with the British spelling, "lasagne" -- from stores Monday as a precaution after its French supplier, Comigel, raised concerns about the type of meat used. All other Findus products are unaffected, it said," reported CNN.