Butcher Norbert Hansel, specialized on horse meat, takes horse meat sausages in his sales car at a market in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. German federal and state agriculture ministers meet in Berlin to discuss the horse meat scandal. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Butcher Norbert Hansel, specialized on horse meat, takes horse meat sausages in his sales car at a market in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. German federal and state agriculture ministers meet in Berlin to discuss the horse meat scandal. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Butcher Norbert Hansel, specialized on horse meat, adjusts a price tag next to horse ham in his sales car at a market in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. German federal and state agriculture ministers meet in Berlin to discuss the horse meat scandal. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Butcher Norbert Hansel presents his wiener sausages made from horse meat at his sales car at a market in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. German federal and state agriculture ministers meet in Berlin to discuss the horse meat scandal. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
BERLIN (AP) ? German officials are vowing tighter controls on meat products and stronger penalties for companies that violate food-labeling rules as more items marketed as "all beef" have tested positive for horse meat.
Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner and her state counterparts announced a 10-point plan Monday, seeking to allay Germans' fears after five national supermarkets recalled lasagna, chili, tortellini and goulash ? all with traces of horse.
Aigner says the country will step up testing, and be looking for any meat not clearly noted on the label ? not just horse. Other plans include more quickly informing consumers of problems, and better information flow between state and federal agencies.
Many European countries have been hit by a scandal involving shipments of horse meat fraudulently labeled as beef.
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