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No clear link between Irish horse slaughter rise and burger controversy

16/01/2013

Initial reports indicate that the discovery of horse meat in beef burgers sold by retail chains in Ireland and the UK has no connection to an increase in horse slaughter in Ireland. Irish food standards technicians carried out routine checks on burgers sold by Tesco and Iceland in the UK and Ireland, and by Dunnes Stores, Lidl and Aldi only in...

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