2013 horse meat scandal Aldi announced that it would withdraw from sale Today's Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today's Special Frozen Spaghetti Bolognese, supplied by Comigel, after tests found the meat content to be between 30 and 100% horse. The Swiss-based company Nestlé reported on 18 February 2013 that it had found more than 1% horse DNA in two beef pasta products. It withdrew chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain. Sourced from sub-contractor HJ Schypke, itself a German sub-contractor of Belgian-based Nestlé supplier JBS Toledo, also withdrew frozen Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a product for catering
Tesco Ireland in October 2011. In January 2012, a Tesco employee, who was dismissed after contracting the HIV virus, was awarded damages at the Employment Appeals Tribunal. In June 2012, Eurostat blamed "overly dominant supermarkets" as a factor why Ireland is the fifth dearest nation in the EU. Tesco is the market leader with 28% share of the grocery market. In February 2013 it was reported that staff at a Tesco warehouse were made to wear digital arm-band devices that monitor their performance. Tesco was branded "hypocritical" by Irish poultry farmers for its commitment to source all UK-sold fresh poultry from the