European Union agriculture ministers are set to meet in Brussels for talks widely expected to focus on the continent's growing horsemeat scandal.
The labelling of the origin of meat and the traceability of the products will be high on the agenda.
The scandal erupted last month when horsemeat was found in some beef meals and burgers in the UK and Ireland.
Since then, supermarkets across Europe have had to withdraw affected prepared meals from their shelves.
'Concrete action'The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Brussels says the original agenda of the ministerial meeting included support for rural communities and the common fisheries policy.
However, the ministers will now try to come up with measures to tackle the horsemeat scandal.
- In mid-January, Irish food inspectors announced they had found horsemeat in some burgers stocked by UK supermarket chains
- Subsequently, up to 100% horsemeat found in several ranges of prepared frozen food in Britain, France and Sweden
- Concerns that a drug used to treat horses, and which may be harmful to humans, could be in food chain
- Meat traced from France through Cyprus and The Netherlands to Romanian abattoirs
- Investigation suggests adulteration was not accidental but the work of a criminal conspiracy
Our correspondent says that there seems to be consensus that this is a pan-European problem that requires a concerted approach.
France and Germany both want compulsory labelling and traceability.
UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said on Friday that he would "continue to insist on concrete, co-ordinated action right across Europe when I meet European agriculture ministers on Monday".
But a workable deal could be difficult, our correspondents says. The discovery of horsemeat has long, complex and poorly regulated supply chains in the meat industry.
At least a dozen countries are involved in the horsemeat affair, which implicates some of the biggest meat processors and food producers.
Italy joined the list on Saturday, reporting horsemeat in some lasagne products.
On Friday, Germany's consumer affairs ministry announced it had found traces of horse DNA in 67 of 830 food products tested.
Irish authorities on Friday suspended production at one processing plant after horsemeat was found labelled as beef.
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