Topic: Horse meat

Is Horse Meat Coming (Back) to America?

Butcher Norbert Hansel, specialized on horse meat, adjusts a price tag next to horse ham in his sales car at a market in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013.
AP Photo/Gero Breloer

Taco Bell is just the latest company in Europe that's been found inadvertently serving horse meat, but as the controversy spreads overseas, the United States may be preparing to bring horse slaughter back to this side of the Atlantic.

By Dashiell Bennett

Feb 25, 2013

Horse Meat Found In Ikea's Famous Swedish Meatballs

Ikea stores in Europe have halted the sale of their iconic cafeteria dish after it was discovered that stores in the Czech Republic were serving some their famous Swedish Meatballs that had been tainted by horse meat.

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By David Wagner

Feb 18, 2013

Today's Best

Five Best Monday Columns

Bill Keller on the Catholic Church, Timothy Noah on the new silent majority, Megan Greene on Greece, Jennifer Rubin on Mark Sanford, and John Harris on vegetarianism.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 8, 2013

What Horse Meat Tastes Like

Amid a crisis that's gripping the United Kingdom and frightening eaters everywhere, here's how to tell if you've accidentally tastes horse meat — and, relax, turns out it's not that bad, and that you probably haven't anyway.

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