Horse meat investigation

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• Timeline on horse meat issue

  Timeline of statements and news stories on the horse meat investigation published by the Food Standards Agency.

• Advice for consumers

  The Agency is currently investigating how a number of beef products sold in the UK came to contain horse DNA. As part of the investigation, we have ordered food businesses to test their beef products. Whenever horse meat has been found at levels above 1%, we have insisted that it be tested for the drug phenylbutazone (bute).

• Answers to your horse meat questions

  This page will be updated as the investigation continues.

• Horse meat investigation: Industry test results

  This page will be updated with the results of industry testing as the investigation continues.

• Horse meat investigation: Local authority test results

  Results of local authority testing of beef products.