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The horsemeat probe involved police in France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, UK & Netherlands

26 held over horse meat trafficking ring across EU

News • 25 Apr 15

Silvercrest Foods lost its contract with three supermarket chains in the wake of the horsemeat controversy

High Court proceedings over horsemeat

News • 12 Sep 13

Iceland advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK

Iceland advert criticising FSAI banned

News • 21 Aug 13

Anne McIntosh said the committee has heard complaints that the FSAI had not been forthcoming with information

British MP criticises Irish Food Safety Authority

News • 15 May 13

Tests were carried out on Irish beef products in the wake of the horsemeat scandal

No horse DNA in Irish beef products - EC

News • 16 Apr 13

The Dutch food authority said there was no immediate suggestion of any danger to human health

Concern over 50,000 tonnes of beef in Netherlands

News • 10 Apr 13

IKEA said that the tainted batch totalled just over 17,000 packages

Pork meat found in IKEA moose lasagne

News • 06 Apr 13

The system whereby seven individual bodies issue horse passports is set to end

Meat firm apologises over horsemeat scandal

News • 15 Mar 13

EU food chief insists horse meat scandal is an issue of fraudulent labelling

EU food commissioner insists legislation is sound

News • 12 Mar 13

The Department of Agriculture is satisfied that only horses with valid identification are accepted for slaughter

Plan for horse passport database criticised

News • 06 Mar 13

Tests on Birds Eye spaghetti bolognese and beef lasagne found the products contained horse DNA

Birds Eye says Irish company supplied horse meat

News • 05 Mar 13

ASDA said it does not know how the tests came back with such divergent results

ASDA cannot explain opposing equine DNA results

News • 04 Mar 13

Taco Bell is owned by US firm Yum Brands Inc, and has three UK outlets

Horse meat found in Taco Bell ground beef

News • 01 Mar 13

Horse DNA samples were found at three storage facilities in Poland

Horse DNA found in Polish storage facilities

News • 28 Feb 13

The company is withdrawing the product from stores in other European countries too

IKEA pulls another product after horse meat tests

News • 27 Feb 13

Sales of frozen ready meals also dropped

UK frozen burger sales down after horse meat tests

News • 26 Feb 13

IKEA said it has withdrawn the meatballs from sale

'Harsher penalties' needed in horse meat scandal

News • 26 Feb 13

Birds Eye said tests showed horse DNA in a product produced by a Belgian company

Birds Eye recalls beef products in UK and Ireland

News • 22 Feb 13

Professor Alan Reilly dismissed Iceland's claims that the tests were carried out in unaccredited laboratories

FSAI says it is confident in its meat testing

News • 19 Feb 13

Officials and experts from 27 member states have formally approved an EU Commission proposal to test thousands of beef products

Dutch firm allegedly sold Irish horse meat as beef

News • 15 Feb 13

Greencore is awaiting test results to quantify how much DNA was in the sauce

Greencore shares hit after Asda withdraws sauce

Business • 15 Feb 13

Beef products will be tested for equine DNA from 1 March

Asda withdraws bolognese sauce over horse DNA find

News • 15 Feb 13

Tonio Borg said the amount of testing would vary depending on population size and scale of meat production

Europe-wide horse meat response needed - Coveney

News • 13 Feb 13

Ireland has called a meeting of EU officials from countries affected by the scandal

Polish vets in Ireland over horse meat scandal

News • 12 Feb 13

Romanian PM Victor Ponta has said that any fraud over horse meat had not happened in Romania

Irish meat processors asked to conduct DNA tests

News • 11 Feb 13