On 8 February 2013 supermarket chain Aldi announced that it would withdraw from sale Today’s Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today’s Special Frozen Spaghetti Bolognese, supplied by Comigel, after tests found the meat content to be between 30 and 100% horse.

Horse meat can be prepared and sold in the UK if it meets the general requirements for selling and labelling meat. There are three abattoirs operating in the UK that are licensed to slaughter horses for human consumption. Horses born after July 2009 must also be microchipped.

Horsemeat in the UK is not illegal, and any risk to health identified by authorities stems from the horse painkiller ‘bute’ making its way into the food chain. The health risk is described as “very low”, however the social taboo of eating the meat is substantial.

Tesco, whose own brand burgers were found to contain 29% horsemeat, promised to tighten up their supply chain, source British meat and be more transparent about the supply of their products. Using British meat and local suppliers where possible is part of the manifesto for many UK supermarkets.

Taco Bell has officially joined Club Horse Meat. The fast-food chain and subsidiary of Yum Brands says it has found horse meat in some of the ground beef it sells in the United Kingdom. The British Food Standards Agency said Taco Bell’s products contained more than 1% (pdf) horse meat.

The environment secretary is due to meet the Food Standards Agency, food suppliers and retailers on Saturday to discuss the horsemeat scandal after Aldi became the latest supermarket to confirm its withdrawn beef products contained up to 100% horsemeat.

Mashed polled over 500 Americans on which fast food restaurant they believe has the best quality beef. While Wendy’s won the top spot, with nearly 30 percent of the votes, there was another chain close behind, snagging a high 28 percent of respondents’ approval.

“Every one of our burgers is made with 100% pure beef and cooked and prepared with salt, pepper and nothing else — no fillers, no additives, no preservatives,” reads a statement on their website. Most of that meat is a ground-up mixture of chuck, sirloin, and round.

Read more about our Chicken and sandwiches. All of the chicken served at McDonald’s approximately 14,000 U.S. restaurants comes from U.S. farms, and every chicken item McDonald’s serves is made from chicken not treated with antibiotics important to human medicine.

Yes, every patty is 100% real beef with no fillers, additives or preservatives.

High-calorie, high-fat diets packed with cholesterol and animal fat like that found in greasy McDonald’s burgers and nuggets are linked to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health problems.

Trans fats One of the least healthy aspects of these fries lies in the hydrogenated soybean oil in which they’re fried. This oil facilitates the inclusion of trans fats into the cooking process.