date:Jan 17, 2013
Silvercrest the Irish firm at the centre of the probe that found a sample from Tescos budget brand Everyday Value was 29% horse meat admitted it has never checked supplies for equine DNA.
As shock and revulsion spread across Britain, there were concerns that the industrys failure to test routinely for horse meat in supermarket beef products may have masked a tainted burger controversy over several years.
The meat industry revealed that until recently there had been no tests available for equ