100% horse meat

Posted on 8 Feb 2013 by The Manufacturer

The horse meat contamination saga escalated yesterday when it was revealed that some Findus ‘beef’ lasagnes on sale in the UK consisted of 100% horse meat.

Britain’s Food Standards Agency announced yesterday that testing had identified horse meat in the products of European food manufacturing group, Findus. Eighteen beef lasagne dishes underwent DNA testing and were found to consist of between 60% and 100% horsemeat. Findus makes products under several leading UK brands including Young’s and The Seafood Company. Recall of…

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