2013 horse meat scandal around 500–600 burgers containing 100% horse meat would need to be eaten to receive the daily human therapeutic dose. Additional tests at that time indicated than none of the products from Findus contained phenylbutazone. Another report found that between two and five percent of samples tested between 2007 and 2011 had phenylbutazone contamination, and that only 50 samples per year were tested. In 2012, 145 carcasses had been tested, and two out of the nine carcasses found positive for bute that year were not reported to the FSA for seven months. In April 2013, the FSA reported it had not
Criticism of Tesco falsehood over "The Guardian"s claims that Tesco has developed a complex taxation structure involving offshore bank accounts in the tax haven of the Cayman Islands. "The Guardian" claimed that this arrangement would enable Tesco to avoid an estimated £1 billion tax on profits from the property sales, and also to avoid paying any tax on continuing operation of the stores, as the rate of corporation tax in the Cayman Islands is zero. On 5 April 2008 it was reported that Tesco was suing "The Guardian" for libel and malicious falsehood over the newspaper's claims that Tesco has developed a complex