date:Jan 28, 2013
The UK Food Standards Agency has announced that horses that have been treated with the drug phenylbutazone or bute are not allowed to enter the food chain.
The agency will conduct checks in slaughterhouses in order to ensure that horses presented for slaughter are suitable for human consumption, in a similar manner as it does for other animals such as sheep and cattle.
FSA will also carry out regular sampling and testing for phenylbutazone in meat from horses slaughtered in the UK.
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