Source: Habitat for Horses and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Press Release Equine Welfare Groups Test for Horsemeat in Frozen Food Products sold at Walmart (Houston) – Habitat for Horses (HfH) and Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) have taken action to monitor and test processed ground beef products […]
As published by CNN “The levels found are above the one percent threshold the UK’s Food Safety Agency uses to indicate likely adulteration or gross negligence.” (CNN) — Nestle is suspending deliveries of all its products that include beef from a German supplier because “traces of horse DNA” […]
Jamie Doward The Observer, Saturday 9 February 2013 17.13 GMT DNA testing of food to be stepped up following fears there has been criminal activity on an international scale Organised criminal gangs operating internationally are suspected of playing a major role in the horsemeat scandal that has seen […]
By Ralph Riegel of the Irish Independent.ie “This was an imported problem in the Irish food industry and it is important to stress that,” IRELAND will spend millions of euro in a food promotion blitz to counteract the damage threatened by the horse-meat burger scandal. Agriculture Minister Simon […]
James Meikle, Felicity Lawrence and Jemma Buckley The Guardian, Thursday 31 January 2013 20.02 GMT Fast food company said test results at production plant revealed ‘very small trace levels’ of horse DNA in its products Burger King has revealed that some of its burgers were contaminated in the […]
By Katy Askew of Just-Food.com Tainted Horse Meat Scandal Spreads to Spain Undeclared horse meat DNA has been found in Spanish burgers, a leading consumer organization revealed today (29 January). Following the discovery of horse meat in burgers sold at retailers in the UK and Ireland, Spanish consumer […]
Story by the Belfast Telegraph “…they did not deliberately use horse meat in their production process” Horsemeat found in burgers came from imported ingredients, the Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed.The minister said results from tests showed that the DNA came from raw material brought into the Silvercrest […]
By Matt Blake of MailOnline The ‘inappropriate’ quip triggered a flurry of angry responses from followers When it emerged Tesco had been selling beef burgers contaminated with horse meat, the last people you would expect to see the funny side were its customer care team. But the supermarket […]
Information supplied by the BBC Tesco has placed full-page adverts in a number of national UK newspapers apologising for selling beefburgers that were found to contain horsemeat The supermarket giant said it and its supplier had let customers down and promised to find out “what happened”. On Tuesday, […]
Spotted horses in stone-age cave paintings may be accurate representations of wild animals that lived 25,000 years ago, a study has suggested.
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