There’s an emerging scandal, or scandal, around horse meat across Europe. In some cases, inedible horses not fit for human consumption were passed into the food chain. In another, horse meat was passed off as ground beef — tricking consumers.
The discovery of horsemeat in European beef products is threatening consumer confidence in the food industry. Consumers are upset that they’ve been tricked into eating horsemeat which they thought was beef.
Horse abuse in Spain
The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on an animal rights scandal in Spain, which features footage of Spanish horses suffering from abusive treatment on their way to slaughter in Italy.
Horsemeat remains popular in France, but animals’ rights groups have been trying to change that and now France’s horsemeat industry is fighting back, as The World’s Genevieve Oger reports.