The year of the horsemeat scandal
Since the news that a Tesco budget burger had almost 30% horse DNA was announced in mid-January, the Twitter gags, Facebook posts, and memes have kept brisk pace with each development in the story. Now the torrent of revelations has slowed, and the flow of new comedy material has been stemmed — but if this expanding tale has taught us any lessons, it’s that anything can, and possibly will happen.
A voluntary Europe-wide DNA testing regime concluded recently and the results were published on Apr 15. The results provided the first European picture as to whether or not horsemeat is still inveigling its way into beef production, and if it is limited to product lines already found to have contained equine DNA, or if new product lines will require additional testing.
