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Of course, it had to be Romania. You could almost sense the relief for some when, in the midst of the horsemeat scandal, the finger of blame was pointed at abattoirs in an eastern European state. Now it made sense. Cue stock footage of Gypsy horse and carts and knowing references to organised crime. Except, of course, there is no evidence that any horsemeat left Romania labelled as anything other than horsemeat. But slurs about horsemeat are just the latest in a long line of public relations problems to have hit Romania.