What is 2013 horse meat scandal?
On January 15, 2013, it was announced that [[horse]] [[meat]] was found in several meat products in [[England]] and [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news|title=EU denies slow response to horse meat scanda|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/eu-denies-slow-response-to-horse-meat-scandal-1.1318084|newspaper=Irish Times|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> The horse meat was discovered through [[DNA]] testing. In most cases, horse meat was used only as a filler, but in the [[United Kingdom]], items labeled as [[beef]] were found to have as much as 100% horse meat.<ref name=bbcconf>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21375594 |title= Findus beef lasagne contained up to 100% horsemeat, FSA says |date=7 February 2013 |access-date=7 February 2013|work=BBC News}}</ref> Later it was discovered that horse meat was being sold as beef all over [[Europe]], and nearly every meat seller in Europe was affected. So far, no horse meat labeled as beef has been found outside Europe. ==References== {{reflist}} {{hist-stub}} [[Category:2013 in the United Kingdom|Horse meat scandal]] [[Category:Horses]] [[Category:Meat]] [[Category:2010s in the Republic of Ireland]] [[Category:Scandals]]