About 1% of U.K. Beef Products Have Horse Meat, Tests Show
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About 1 percent of beef products tested in the U.K. contained horse meat, the U.K. Food Standards Agency said today as retailers and food makers joined forces in an attempt to regain consumer trust in meat products.
Of 2,501 test samples, 2,472 returned negative results, the food safety watchdog said today at a press conference in London. Twenty-nine products had more than 1 percent horse meat, the FSA said, including a number of multiple positive results on a single product. None of the samples contained phenylbutazone, a potentially harmful veterinary drug known as bute.