Labour party raises fears bute from horse meat may have entered the food chain

Labour shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, has raised concerns that the anti-inflammatory horse drug, phenylbutazone (also known as bute) may have entered the food chain. She claims to have evidence of some horses slaughtered in the UK last year tested positive for the drug, which is harmful to humans.

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