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Brits, Irish Flip After Horse Meat Found in Burgers

DNA tests reveal supermarket 'beef' burgers up to 29% horse

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 16, 2013 1:33 AM CST | Updated Jan 16, 2013 3:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Queasy consumers in Britain and Ireland are chucking out frozen hamburgers after learning that they could contain horse meat. Food safety experts conducting DNA tests found that around a third of burgers from major supermarket chains contained horse DNA, the Telegraph reports. The levels of...   Read full story »

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