Eight horses, killed in the UK, tested positive for the painkiller bute and six may have entered the food chain in France, the Food Standards Agency said.
Some 206 carcasses were tested, with eight found to contain phenylbutazone.
England's chief medical officer said the highest level detected was 1.9mg of bute per kg of horsemeat, which posed "very little risk to human health".
Earlier, food minister David Heath said tests for traces of bute in Findus products were negative.
During a briefing hosting by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra), chief medical officer Prof Dame Sally Davies said an individual would have to consume vast quantities of horsemeat containing bute to be at risk.
She said: "A person would have to eat 500 - 600, 100% horsemeat burgers a day to get close to consuming a human's daily dose. [The drug] passes through the system fairly quickly, so it is unlikely to build up in our bodies."
She added it was extremely unlikely that anyone who has eaten horsemeat containing bute would experience any side effects.
Bute is sometimes used as a drug to treat individuals suffering from a severe form of arthritis.
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