I LOVE a good steak from time to time, not a huge one, but a juicy piece of thick sirloin with crisp yellow fat, cooked medium rare for perfection.

Burgers containing horse meat could have been made from “diseased or injured animals”, according to environmental health experts.

Supermarket giant Tesco has placed full-page adverts in a number of national newspapers apologising to customers for selling beef burgers containing horsemeat.