Meat producers in Romania say they are being treated "like the black sheep of the family" in the growing international row over horsemeat in supermarket food. Sorin Minea, head of Romalimenta, the Romanian food industry federation, told Sky News that the accusations are tinged with racism: "Look at the thief in the square, the gypsy. He is to blame." The French supplier to Comigel, the ready-meal giant which made the Findus and Aldi dishes found to contain up to 100% horsemeat, appeared to point the finger at two Romanian slaughterhouses. A preliminary investigation by the Romanian government claims that the paperwork from the abattoirs was in order and that the livestock entering the facilities were accurately documented. It also suggested that the meat which emerged from the slaughterhouses was properly labelled, and so therefore the substitution happened elsewhere in the food production chain. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta Mr Ponta said Romania's abattoirs were not to blame The Romanian prime minister said he was "very angry" over "unproven" allegations that facilities in the country were responsible for horsemeat being used instead of beef. "I want to help catch and punish the guilty ones ... We are victims of this fraud," he said. Victor Ponta told a news conference: "We checked all the production facilities, and it's now very clear that no fraud has been committed by Romanian companies, or on the Romanian territory." And the country's ambassador to the UK, Dr ...