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Horsemeat found in Taco Bell ground beef
Beef products sold by Taco Bell, Bird’s Eye and catering supplier Brakes are the latest to be added the list of UK food found to be contaminated by horsemeat.
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Birds Eye withdraws products after horsemeat scare
Birds Eye is withdrawing three beef ready meals from sale in the UK and Ireland after tests showed 2 per cent of horse DNA in a chilli con carne dish on sale in Belgium.
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Food trade ‘to restore confidence’ in meat
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says food retailers are “determined” to restore confidence in their meals and expects them to publish most of their test results on beef products by Friday.
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Iceland boss wades into horsemeat row
As the boss of Iceland blames the local authorities for driving down the cost of food in schools and hospitals, Channel 4 News hears from both sides of the debate.
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Horsemeat evidence given to Interpol
Evidence seized from three UK premises as part of the horsemeat investigation is handed to Europol.
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Horsemeat – the FactCheck update
We FactChecked the Food Standards Agency’s response to the horsemeat scandal last week and found it wanting. Has the agency kept its promise to make the food industry get its house in order?
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29 positive results for horsemeat DNA in beef products
As the Food Standards Agency reveals that tests on beef products have found that 29 contained horse DNA, horsemeat is discovered in cottage pies in schools.
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Horsemeat: three arrested for suspected fraud
Police say two men from Aberystwyth and one from West Yorkshire have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act.
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Horsemeat: PM vows ‘full intervention of the law’
David Cameron vows that the full weight of the law will be used against those who have passed off horsemeat as beef in the UK as the scandal spreads across Europe.
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Two UK meat plants raided in horsemeat investigation
With two more UK plants suspected of passing off horsemeat as beef, a former FSA executive blames a rapid change in EU food labelling laws last year for forcing retailers to stretch the supply chain.
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Horsemeat found in Tesco spaghetti meals
Tesco confirms horsemeat has been detected in its everyday value spaghetti bolognese, which was withdrawn last week.
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Britain ‘could ban meat imports if there is a health risk’
Environment secretary Owen Paterson says he will consider a ban on imported meat if there is a threat to public health.
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Minister: retailers ‘should check’ for horsemeat
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says retailers hold the “ultimate responsibility” for making sure that horsemeat is not in their products.
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Why horsemeat crackdown could be a shambles
The Food Standards Agency says it wants the meat industry to test all processed beef for traces of horse meat and report back in a week. A tall order, as FactCheck discovers.
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Horsemeat scandal: the key questions
We know traces of horsemeat were found in some frozen food. But how did it get there, what is safe to eat – and who had the best “horse-burger” jokes? Channel 4 News has the answers.