All Horse meat articles – Page 14
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NewsHorse meat: Tesco dumps Silvercrest over failure to meet standards
Tesco has dumped supplier Silvercrest Foods because of the horse burger scandal and accused the company of failing to follow its specific meat sourcing instructions.
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NewsHorse meat: Horse DNA found in Spanish burgers
A Spanish consumer rights organisation has found horse DNA in fresh burgers sold in Spanish supermarkets.
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Comment & Opinion
The source of the horse?
So now we know where that horse DNA came from. Except not really…
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NewsHorse meat: Contaminated ingredient came from Poland
An imported meat ingredient from Poland is to blame for the horse DNA contamination scandal, the Irish government has revealed.
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NewsHorse meat: ABP announces shake-up of operations
ABP Food Group has announced a major shake-up of its Irish and UK operations in response to the horse meat contamination scandal.
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Comment & Opinion
Stop horse play with food (and that includes GM)
Groundhog day. Two decades on from BSE, we’re still discussing the dubious provenance of processed meat products….
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Horse meat: New tests find no horse or pig DNA at Dalepak
New DNA tests at the Yorkshire site involved in the burger contamination scandal have come back negative for horse and pig DNA, the Food Standards Agency has announced.
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Horse meat: BRC accreditation for Silvercrest and Liffey suspended
Two of the sites at the centre of the horse DNA contamination scandal have had their British Retail Consortium certification suspended pending full audits, the BRC has said.
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NewsHorse DNA found in more samples by 'inundated' test lab
Retailers and processed meat suppliers are bracing themselves for a potential new wave of damaging horse DNA revelations…
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Horse meat: Tesco launches urgent investigation after withdrawn burger sold to public
Tesco has launched an urgent investigation after one of its stores sold burgers to the public that had been withdrawn as a result of the horse DNA scandal.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy DNA testing is no quick fix for horse meat scandals
As the horse DNA scandal gallops into its third week…
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NewsBurger King drops ABP's Silvercrest Foods as burger supplier
Burger King has dropped ABP Food Group subsidiary Silvercrest Foods – one of the processing plants implicated in the horse meat scandal – as its burger supplier.
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Horse meat scandal: Liffey Meats burgers horse DNA-free in new tests
New tests on burgers produced by Liffey Meats – one of the Irish companies implicated in the horse meat contamination scandal – have found no traces of horse DNA, according to Ireland’s department for agriculture, food and the marine.
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Horse meat: Investigations remain focused on Europe, says ABP
ABP Food Group has said its investigations into how some of its burgers came to be contain horse DNA remain focused on third-party suppliers from the Continent, despite reports over the weekend that the source of the DNA may not be imports after all.
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Comment & Opinion
Horse meat scandal: questions will be asked. A lot of them
Moviegoers heading to the cinema to see Les Misérables this weekend might find the film unexpectedly topical…
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Horse meat scandal: Tesco tweet criticised
Tesco came under fire late night last night after its customer services team tweeted a comment to followers referring to hay – a staple food source for horses.
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Horse meat scandal: ABP suspends production at Silvercrest
Anglo Beef Processors has suspended all production at its Silvercrest site in Ireland, one of the meat processing plants implicated in the horse meat contamination scandal.
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Horse meat: why horse DNA may not mean there's horse meat in your burger
Finding horse DNA in a beef burger does not necessarily mean the burger actually contains horse meat or had any contact with it, a leading expert on DNA testing has warned.
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Horse meat scandal "almost certainly" result of criminality, says Heath
The horse meat contamination scandal is “almost certainly” the result of criminal behaviour, farming minister David Heath has suggested.
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Horse meat: ABP vows to introduce routine DNA tests
ABP Food Group – one of the companies embroiled in the horse meat scandal – has pledged to introduce routine DNA testing for its meat products.