While the horsemeat scandal continues to unfold - prepared meals were removed from shelves in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland over the weekend - the European Commission has decided to authorise the use of animal meal in feed for farmed fish, beginning June 1. It was banned in 1996, during the "mad cow" crisis.

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