https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish police said on Thursday they had arrested several people in a probe of suspected trafficking in illicit horsemeat, in a joint operation with French authorities. https://www.thelocal.es/20140529/horsemeat-scandal-hits-spanish-slaughterhouses Thu, 29 May 2014 17:25:00 +0200 horsemeat-scandal-hits-spanish-slaughterhouses Spain and France were hit by another horsemeat scandal on Monday after it emerged meat from horses used for drugs testing had found its way into the food chain. https://www.thelocal.es/20131216/horses-used-for-animal-testing-sold-to-butchers Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:23:00 +0100 horses-used-for-animal-testing-sold-to-butchers More than four percent of the meat being flogged off as beef in Spain actually contains horse DNA, new government tests reveal. https://www.thelocal.es/20130416/hidden-horsemeat-beefs-up-spanish-menus Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:24:00 +0200 hidden-horsemeat-beefs-up-spanish-menus Spain's horse owners are selling off stallions and mares they can no longer afford to keep and many of these beasts ending up at the nation's slaughterhouses. https://www.thelocal.es/20130312/spain-slaughters-horses-as-crisis-bites Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:46:00 +0100 spain-slaughters-horses-as-crisis-bites Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday it had stopped using a Spanish meat supplier after tests showed there was horse DNA in products supposedly containing pure beef. https://www.thelocal.es/20130225/nestle-bucks-toledo-horsemeat-supplier Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:49:49 +0100 nestle-bucks-toledo-horsemeat-supplier Swiss food giant Nestlé has become the latest retailer hit by Europe's horsemeat scandal, announcing it is removing pasta meals from supermarket shelves in Italy and Spain due to contamination. https://www.thelocal.es/20130219/nestle-horsemeat-taken-off-spanish-shelves Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:46:00 +0100 nestle-horsemeat-taken-off-spanish-shelves