date:Mar 24, 2014
rugs - e.g. phenylbutazone, or bute, which is banned for cattle in the EU and US.
Research revealed that 82,000 horses were slaughtered for human consumption in Canada in 2012.
In the same year, France imported 16,900 tons of horsemeat, mainly from Canada, Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay - countries that were included in the investigation.
Apart from the unacceptable treatment of the horses, the use of phenylbutazone or other dangerous substances banned in the European Union is common, said L21