Horse drug bute not in Findus products, but found in food chain in France

A horse drug dangerous to human health was not in horsemeat used in Findus products on Irish supermarket shelves, tests have confirmed.

Horse drug bute not in Findus products, but found in food chain in France

A horse drug dangerous to human health was not in horsemeat used in Findus products on Irish supermarket shelves, tests have confirmed.

The horsemeat that tested positive for "bute" was originally exported in carcass form from Britain, and appeared in the food chain in France.

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