The horsemeat scandal that has may worsen as French officials are now speculating that .
Much of the scandalous mystery meat comes from Romania where, until recently, horses and donkeys were allowed on public roads as a common form of transport. A law passed six years ago鈥攂ut only recently enforced鈥攂anning horse- and donkey-drawn carts has sent hundreds of thousands of now obsolete animals to slaughter.
Initially thought only a British problem, the mystery meat has turned up in France and Sweden as well. French consumer minister Beno卯t Hamon has against the two French companies that handled the meat if it is discovered that they were aware of the horse and/or donkey meat beforehand.