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14/02/2013
Painkiller 'Bute' Found In Slaughtered Horses
The Food Standards agency has found that six horses, of a group of eight killed in the UK, have tested positive for the painkiller bute and may have entered the food chain in France.
Of 206 carcasses tested eight found to contain phenylbutazone.
The highest level detected was 1.9mg of bute per kg of horsemeat, which posed "very little risk to human health", England's chief medical officer said.
Food minister David Heath said tests for bute in Findus beef products found to contain horsemeat were negative.
The horse carcasses were tested between 30 January and 7 February. The FSA said that, of the eight which tested positive for bute, six were slaughtered at LJ Potter Partners at Stillman's in Taunton, Somerset and were exported to France.
The two killed at High Peak Meat Exports in Nantwich, Cheshire, did not leave the slaughterhouse and have been destroyed.
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Of 206 carcasses tested eight found to contain phenylbutazone.
The highest level detected was 1.9mg of bute per kg of horsemeat, which posed "very little risk to human health", England's chief medical officer said.
Food minister David Heath said tests for bute in Findus beef products found to contain horsemeat were negative.
The horse carcasses were tested between 30 January and 7 February. The FSA said that, of the eight which tested positive for bute, six were slaughtered at LJ Potter Partners at Stillman's in Taunton, Somerset and were exported to France.
The two killed at High Peak Meat Exports in Nantwich, Cheshire, did not leave the slaughterhouse and have been destroyed.
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