100% Horse Meat

It's one thing to substitute beef for pig, but at least they are both foods you expect to be consumed. A significant horsemeat scandal broke out in Europe in 2013 after it was discovered that beef had been replaced with horse meat. There was a lot of horsemeat as well.

The grocery store chain Aldi admitted that one of their suppliers was providing frozen dinners that were 100% horsemeat, not simply horsemeat that had been chopped with horse. When a variety of beef products were examined for DNA, numerous different brands revealed undeclared pork in addition to horse, indicating that the entire farm had been shoved into a meat grinder. The majority of the horse meat came from Romania, where it was first marketed as horsemeat and later rebranded as beef.

Willy Selten, a Dutch horsemeat trader, was convicted of forging paperwork and given a two-and-a-half year prison term for his involvement in Europe's horsemeat crisis. In May 2013, Selten, 45, was detained for selling 300 kg of horsemeat that was mislabeled as beef. He was found guilty of fabricating labels, invoices, and declarations as well as utilizing falsified papers to sell meat. The verdict "upset and astonished" Selten, according to his attorney.