Asda corned beef that had horse DNA also has Veterinary drug in it too

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Asda is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of the veterinary drug phenylbutazone were found in some batches in the UK.
Britain’s Food Standards Agency said "very low levels" of the painkilling medicine, known as bute, were detected in the Asda Smart Price Corned Beef.


Customers who have bought the 340g tins, with any date code, have been urged not to eat the corned beef and to return it to the supermarket.
Asda withdrew the product on 8 March after it was found to contain more than 1% horse DNA.


Bute was detected in some samples, at the level of four parts per billion (4ppb), when further tests were carried out. The corned beef is the only meat product in which bute has been found, according to the FSA.
Bute had been discovered in horse carcasses in February however, with the highest level found being 1900ppb.


The FSA said no other Asda products are thought to be affected and that customers who bought the corned beef should contact the supermarket for a refund. They said that while animals treated with bute should not enter the food chain, the risk of damage to the health of anyone who had eaten such meat is "very low". Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies previously said: "Horse meat containing phenylbutazone presents a very low risk to human health.