date:Apr 17, 2013
horses tested positive for bute, the results showed.
EU food safety experts said on Monday that the level of bute residues found in horsemeat was unlikely to pose a health risk.
The opinion ... is encouraging. It shows that it isn't worrying as such. You'd have to eat hundreds of horsemeat steaks for months before you encountered any problems with phenylbutazone, EU health spokesman Frederic Vincent told a news briefing on Tuesday.
Criminal investigations are under way in several EU countries