date:Jan 31, 2013
Tesco said in a statement that it has decided to stop using Silvercrest after uncovering evidence that it used meat from non-approved suppliers, mirroring a move by US fast-food chain Burger King last week, AFP reports.
Two weeks ago, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland had revealed that up to 29 percent of the meat content of some beef burgers was in fact horse, while they also found pig DNA.
The frozen burgers were on sale in high-street supermarket chains Tesco and Iceland in both Britain