2013 horse meat scandal 2013 horse meat scandal The 2013 horse meat scandal was a scandal in Europe in which foods advertised as containing beef were found to contain undeclared or improperly declared horse meat – as much as 100% of the meat content in some cases. A smaller number of products also contained other undeclared meats, such as pork. The issue came to light on 15 January 2013, when it was reported that horse DNA had been discovered in frozen beefburgers sold in several Irish and British supermarkets. The analysis stated that samples of beef burgers also contained pig DNA; pork is a
Criticism of Tesco was fully recovered. "Kitching v Tesco Stores" [1995] C.L.Y. 1731, Miss Kitching was a checkout lady, aged 22. She injured her wrist badly when she tried to stop some soft drinks falling on her. She won £5500 for injury in the course of employment, because she had pain, possibly permanent, in her arm and she was hindered in her hobbies of swimming and writing to pen-pals. "Tesco Stores Ltd v Elogicom Ltd" 2006 EWHC 403, Tesco won a passing off action against misuse of its Internet domain name. "Weight Watchers UK Ltd v Tesco Stores Ltd" 2003 EWHC 1109, Tesco