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The Irish Horse Meat Mystery
Who’s spiking Ireland’s beef supply with Black Beauties? An unappetizing mystery
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Next time you’re eating in Ireland, stick to potatoes. The country has discovered horse meat in its beef supply. That’s right. Horse meat.
On Feb. 4 the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said DNA testing revealed that meat labeled beef and sold to two frozen-meat vendors, Rangeland Foods and Freeza Meats, in fact contained 75 percent and 80 percent horse meat, respectively. By the end of the week, merchants in Britain, France, and Sweden had joined Ireland in pulling products, which ranged from frozen lasagna to spaghetti Bolognese.