A survey by Ireland’s food safety authority in January showed 37 percent of beef burger products in the country tested positive for horse DNA, while 85 percent showed pig DNA, kicking off Europe's latest food scandal.
Supermarkets in the U.K., Ireland, France and Germany have withdrawn "beef" products found to contain horse meat. Tesco Plc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Asda and Aldi, France's Carrefour SA, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA are among chains that have removed some beef products as concern escalated over tainted meat.
The European Union called for horse meat to be examined for phenylbutazone, a veterinary drug which can be harmful to humans, as reports uncover the tortuous supply chains that feed Europe's meat industry. Criminal investigations are being coordinated by Europol, the EU said.
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New Mexico’s attorney general, responding to concern over plans for the commercial slaughter of horses, said the production and sale of horse meat tainted with certain chemicals would be illegal in the state.
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Tesco Plc, the U.K.’s largest grocer, reported revenue that fell more than analysts anticipated as weak non-food sales and the horsemeat crisis halted a revival.
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The horse-meat storm that broke over Europe two months ago has been in one respect a tempest in a horseshoe, because it posed no threat to human health. That’s not a minor caveat in an industry where, in the U.S. alone, tainted food kills 3,000 people each year and sickens 48 million.
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Greencore Group Plc, the Irish food producer that had a bolognese sauce withdrawn from the Asda grocery chain during the European horsemeat crisis, rose for a 10th day on prospects that the U.S. unit will become profitable.
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The European Union will propose new rules on meat-product labels after EU-wide meat testing showed “fraudulent labeling” and no food-safety issues.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is increasing testing on meat imports to confirm that shipments don’t contain horse meat after products from burgers to lasagna were mislabled in Europe.
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J Sainsbury Plc, the U.K.’s third- largest supermarket company, outstripped its main competitors with a gain in annual profit that beat estimates as a price- matching campaign helped boost its share of the market.
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U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will order a review of food safety following the horsemeat scandal, one of his deputies said.
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A New Mexico company seeking to open a slaughterhouse for horses fired an employee after a video he made showing him killing one of the animals while taunting animal welfare advocates triggered an outcry.
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Nestle SA, the world’s biggest food maker, said full-year sales will be at the lower end of a forecast after reporting its slowest first-quarter revenue growth since 2009.
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Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest clothing retailer, posted the fastest quarterly sales growth in almost two years as it offered discounts on apparel and shoppers treated themselves to specialty food at Easter.
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Tesco Plc regained some market share in the U.K. over the past month as the country’s biggest grocer invests 1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) to help win back shoppers, data from Kantar Worldpanel shows.
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