Tag: horsemeat

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:08 UTC

  EU begins campaign to uncover extent of branding fraud with horse meat

  

  The European Union wide campaign to determine the extent of branding fraud in the food industry, with horse meat sold as beef, commenced on the weekend. Over 2,250 processed food items will be tested for DNA in member states.

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 18:39 UTC

  A potentially harmful painkiller bute in the horsemeat chain scandal in the EU

  

  Horse carcasses containing the painkiller bute could have been entering the food chain in significant numbers for some time, the head of the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has admitted.