Voice of America: UK: Horse Drug May Have Entered Food Chain

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

UK: Horse Drug May Have Entered Food Chain Feb 14th 2013, 18:09 Europe's crisis over horsemeat-tainted food products deepened Thursday when British officials said tests showed small quantities of a powerful equine painkiller may have been sold to consumers in France.  The British Food Standards Agency said eight of 206 horses it checked had tested positive for phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute. It said six of the eight, all processed by a southwest English slaughterhouse, were sent to France and "may have entered the food ... Media files: 8A9CB8DC-0872-4499-86C2-DA24120FFA02_cx0_cy10_cw99_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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