European horse meat fraud lives on

Horse meat fraud is highly lucrative, largely because there is an abundant supply of product. It’s no wonder these cases have been showing up around the globe—both in countries that consume horse meat and those that do not. You may remember the horse meat scandal of 2013, which involved the recall of at least 10…

Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIKE CORDER, reporting for the Associated Press, writes: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef. Investigators from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety…