What’s on your plate? (Image: Jorg Greuel/Getty)
Editorial: “Horsemeat scandal should make us rethink how we eat“
EATEN many burgers lately? Horsemeat has been masquerading as beef for at least a few months – probably longer – in the UK, and the scandal is spreading, as European governments point the finger at each other.
These problems are not new – food fraud is rife in the fishing industry, and rice, olive oil and other products have been plagued by substitution issues. Yet there are easy solutions. DNA databases and the falling cost of sequencing can close the holes …
