UK: Horsemeat lifts organic sales after 2012 drop
By Katy Askew | 20 March 2013
Sales of organic food in the UK rose in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, after a another fall during 2012.
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Sales of organic food in the UK rose in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, after a another fall during 2012.

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