Horsemeat with banned drug entered French food chain

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Horsemeat with banned drug entered French food chain

PARIS (Reuters) - Meat from three horse carcasses contaminated with a banned drug has entered the human food chain in France but there is no danger to the public, the French farm minister said on Saturday. The meat, which came from a lot of six British carcasses exported to France, contained traces of phenylbutazone - known as bute - an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses, banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption. French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said there was no danger to public health. ...

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