Agri-Business
Over half a tonne of horsemeat has been seized during raids in Spain with 41 people arrested for selling potentially dangerous meat.
Europol launched a dedicated project as part of 'Operation Opson IX' to support authorities in...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union Deputy President Victor Chestnutt believes that the EU should ban the...
Ulster Farmers' Union deputy president believes that the EU should ban the import of all Brazilian meat products with immediate effect.
EU
New rules have been passed in the European Parliament which will help tackle the 'growing phenomenon' of food fraud, an Irish MEP said.
Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for detecting meat fraud which can identify horsemeat in beef or lamb mince.
Beef
Three men have been charged with fraud relating to horsemeat and beef sales following a thorough investigation in the UK.
Horsemeat has been detected in two samples of ground meat in the US by researchers at Chapman University.