A crisis over horse meat in European food products has deepened, as British officials said tests showed that a powerful equine drug, potentially harmful to human health, may have entered the food chain in small quantities.
February 14/London/New York Times -- A crisis over horse meat in European food products has deepened, as British officials said tests showed that a powerful equine drug, potentially harmful to human health, may have entered the food chain in small quantities.
Until now, the crisis had been seen primarily as an issue of fraud after products containing horse meat were labeled beef, with politicians insisting that, even if millions of products sold as beef contained up to 100% horse meat, food safety was not at issue.