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(#5) Tesco PLC
- Retail, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
Tesco, one of the biggest grocery chains in the UK, was found to be selling hamburger patties that were almost one third horse meat. In Tesco's Everyday Value burgers, horse DNA present suggested horse meat accounted for 29% of the meat content of the burger patties. In the Tesco Everyday Value spaghetti bolognese sauce, DNA tests for horse meat confirmed that the product contained as much as 60% horse meat.
In addition, the chain also pulled frozen lasagna and spaghetti meals produced by French company Comigel after similar products sold by French market Findus were found to contain horse meat.
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(#11) Dunnes Stores
- Retail
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(#4) Nestlé
- Food processing, Soft Drink Manufacturing, Bottled Water Manufacturing, Cookies and Crackers, Chocolate and Cocoa Products, Bottled and Canned Soft Drinks and Carbonated Waters
Nestle is the producer of the Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini (as well as the Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes line used by catering companies) that was sent to Italy and Spain and found to have traces of horse DNA in the mix.
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(#7) Lidl
- Retail, Supermarket
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(#10) ALDI
- Supermarket, Supermarket
Source: Huffington Post UK -
(#8) Iceland
- Retail
Iceland, who describe themselves as being experts in frozen foods, was discovered to have been selling horsemeat tainted burger patties from the same supplier as Tesco.
Source: Huffington Post UK
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In 2013, horsemeat was detected in some beef products in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and France, and Germany also announced the discovery of suspected food safety issues. Many European countries such as Ireland, the Netherlands, and Romania have been involved in scandals. Although horse meat has always been considered edible in some European countries, the use of horse meat instead of beef and labeled 100% beef products has caused complaints and protests.
The scandal involved some of the world's largest brands, this random tool lists 11 famous companies that sealed horse meat. The scandal made many consumers change their consumption habits, they would no longer buy cheap processed meat products, and some even no longer buy processed meat products.
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