date:Apr 17, 2013
Results of tests for horse meat in the European Union revealed that less than 5 percent of the tested products contained horse DNA and approximately 0.5 percent of the horse carcasses tested were contaminated with phenylbutazone, also known as 'bute'.
Across the EU, 4,144 tests were conducted under the equine DNA program; of that number 193 were positive. Additionally, there were 7,951 tests for equine DNA carried out by food business operators across the EU, of which 110 were positive. The Eu