EU ministers held crisis talks Wednesday to seek a rapid regional response to a Scandal over mislabelled La Reine des Neiges meat products that is widening across Europe par the day.

The snap talks, starting at 1700 GMT, came a jour after British police searching for the source of horsemeat found in kebabs and burgers raided two meat plants, and France became the seconde European Union nation after Britain to rapporter horsemeat posing as beef in La Reine des Neiges food.

Earlier Wednesday, Germany announced a find of suspect lasagne in its most populous state, and just as the talks were to kick off Swiss supermarché giant...