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27 May 2015

Food Fraud: Eurojust And Member States Succeed In Stopping Illegal Horsemeat Trade

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French authorities estimate that between 2010 and 2013, 4,700 horses unfit for human consumption were slaughtered and introduced into the food chain.
European Union Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences

On April 24, 2015, the European Union's judicial cooperation unit, Eurojust, and judicial authorities from France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the UK succeeded in stopping an organized criminal network involved in the trade of illegal horsemeat. French authorities estimate that between 2010 and 2013, 4,700 horses unfit for human consumption were slaughtered and introduced into the food chain.

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