Nestlé finds horsemeat in pasta meals

World's biggest food company withdraws products in Italy, Spain and France, saying they contained more than 1% horse

Nestl , the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta products from sale in Italy, Spain and France after finding traces of horse DNA.

The Swiss-based company, which last week said its products were unaffected by the scandal, said its tests had found more than 1% horse DNA in two products.

"We have informed the authorities accordingly," Nestl said in a statement on Monday. "There is no food safety issue."

Nestl withdrew two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain. Lasagnes la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses produced in France, will also be withdrawn.

Nestl was suspending deliveries of all products made using beef from a German subcontractor to one of its suppliers, the company said.

The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef has spread from the UK across Europe since last month, prompting product withdrawals, consumer anger and government investigations into the continent's complex food-processing chains.

Governments across Europe have stressed that horsemeat poses little or no health risk, although some carcasses have been found to be tainted with a painkiller banned for human consumption.

But the scandal has damaged the confidence of consumers in supermarkets and fast food chains since horsemeat was first identified in Irish burgers.

The retailer Lidl said on Monday it had withdrawn products from its stores in Finland and Sweden after finding traces of the meat.

The Fake Android Powered iPhone 5 Is Already On Sale

Even large companies expect to have a bit of competition from counterfeit and copies, but when a device hits the net way before your new product is released, that must be a bit annoying! In this case the device is the iPhone 5, which Apple will be launching this September or October! However, the GooPhone Y5 claims many of the features rumoured to be coming with the iPhone 5, Apple will not be pleased.

These are some of the specs available according to the GooPhone website;

Original 960 x 640 retina screen, 8 million true pixels 3264 x 2448 Blue camera, MTK6575′s top chip, equipped with 1G frequency, 4G large ROM, dual-processor, powerful 3D graphics accelerator, Android 2.3.6 smart system, the reaction rate is four times that of the old section of the game software compatibility is higher than 250% of the old section of the graphics processing power of the old section of 2.5 times, using 40 nanometer low-power technology, more than 30% energy saving than the old models.

Even though this may be rip of the forthcoming iPhone 5 expect to pay around $200 in the US or 127 in the UK, for this non Apple or iOS version!

Source [The Register]

Here Is Your Chance To Back The LiftPort Space Elevator Project

The idea of a space elevator is nothing new, but the chance to be involved in with such a project is new and its LiftPorts chance to make this dream a reality. Currently they are looking to get just $8,000 ( 5,000), but that is only the first stage the real aim is to build the project slowly until they reach the ultimate goal where the project is raising hundreds of millions of dollar, only then will the project reach for the stars.

This the background on the LiftPort space elevator according to their pitch on Kickstarter;

Have you heard of a project called the "Space Elevator"? I hope so. If not, please look it up. If you're aware of it, at all, in any capacity other than old Science Fiction, then it is a safe bet that my talented team at LiftPort was somewhere in the background. You see, we've been catalyzing and coordinating the commercial development of the Space Elevator for over nine years. I was personally involved with NASA's 2001-2003 definitive research study. My company, LiftPort, grew out of the results of that study.

There are plenty of goodies available to anyone who backs the LiftPort project on Kickstarter starting from $1 ( 0.69).

Source [Inquisitr]