More: Europol says 66 people have been arrested over the horsemeat scandal (17. July 2017)Europol said on Sunday 66 people had been arrested for trading horsemeat unfit for human consumption and it had seized bank accounts, properties and luxury cars following an investigation into a food scandal that shocked European consumers.
Apparently, the horses were too old or in too bad a condition for human consumption.
Meanwhile, in the UK, a business man goes on trial for involvement in the 2012 horse meat scandal:
More: UK businessman in court accused of fraud in horsemeat scandal (6. July)“This case, stripped to its essentials, is actually very straightforward. It is about lying to people and deceiving people to make money. Or, to be more precise, to make more money,” the prosecutor, Jonathan Polnay, told the jury. “Like most, if not all, offences of dishonesty, it was motivated by greed.”
In the US, some lawmakers are trying to get horse back on the menu, but:
Source: Could Congress put horsemeat back on the menu in America? (14. July 2017)The funding bill still needs to pass in the House, and the ban could be reinserted. Another bill, the Safeguard American Food Exports Act, could ban both domestic horse slaughter and selling horses to foreign slaughterhouses. So, it’s unlikely anyone in the United States will be eating horse cheeseburgers this time next year.