UK: Dalepak mince positive for 29% horse DNA

By Michelle Russell | 18 March 2013

ABP-owned Dalepak has said it is "shocked" and "at a loss" to explain why tests have revealed 29% equine DNA in beef mince it supplied to Asda.

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ABP-owned Dalepak has said it is "shocked" and "at a loss" to explain why tests have revealed 29% equine DNA in beef mince it supplied to Asda.

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