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The USDA approves a plant to slaughter horses for meat in New Mexico.
2013-06-28

2013 meat adulteration scandal: The Swedish furniture giant Ikea withdraws moose meat lasagne, sold in its worldwide stores. Unlabelled pork is found after increased scrutiny from the scandal.
2013-04-6

2013 meat adulteration scandal: Britain's Food Standards Agency says that 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary and labelled as beef has been discovered in Lancashire.
2013-03-22

2013 meat adulteration scandal: Gæðakokkar 30% meat pie on Iceland is found to not contain any meat at all.
2013-02-27

2013 meat adulteration scandal: Ikea withdraws Swedish meatballs from sale in 14 countries after tests in the Czech Republic revealed traces of horse meat.
2013-02-25

Food giant Nestlé removes its beef pasta meals from supermarkets in France, Spain, and Italy, after tests confirmed that the product contained horse meat.
2013-02-18

The British catering firm Compass Group and hotel chain Whitbread both identify horse meat in products sold as beef.
2013-02-15

German authorities find horse meat in lasagne sold in Germany, as in Italy further tests will be conducted soon.
2013-02-14

Police in the UK arrest three men in connection with the alleged mislabelling of food.
2013-02-14

UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson holds a summit with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to ask how "beef" products containing horse meat were sold in supermarkets.
2013-02-9