2013 horse meat scandal seized and arrests made. 21 people were arrested on Monday 16 December in various parts of the South of France. This meat was from horses that had been kept on a farm attached to a scientific laboratory, and was not certified as fit for human consumption. A dealer from Narbonne was helping police with enquiries. 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
Criticism of Tesco excess of 5%. Tesco in Ireland was convicted of failing to properly display prices by the National Consumer Agency in July 2008. An advertisement in 2011 for pork sausages resulted in complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom) (ASA), for implying that the meat came from free range pigs. The complaints were upheld, with the ASA agreeing that the advertisement was misleading. Tesco said it was baffled because the farm shown supplied meat from pigs that were born outdoors and reared indoors. A report by the independent retailers group RGDATA contained allegations that Tesco overcharged customers. The report shows