<h1><img class=" size-full wp-image-296" alt="corned beef" src="http://halalnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corned_beef.png" width="306" height="360" />Asda's budget corned beef contains 50% horse meat, tests show</h1> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Asda removed the £1.54 tins from stores across Britain two weeks ago</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Leicestershire Council found ingredients of one batch was half horse</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Asda says its 'taken a belt and braces approach' to testing for horse<br /></span></span></li> </ul> <p>By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Mark+Duell" rel="nofollow">Mark Duell</a></p> <p><span class="article-timestamp"> <strong>PUBLISHED:</strong> 10:51 GMT, 21 March 2013 </span> | <span class="article-timestamp"> <strong>UPDATED:</strong> 14:16 GMT, 21 March 2013 </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="floatRHS"><img class="blkBorder" alt="Horsemeat: Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda removed the £1.54 products from stores across Britain two weeks ago on March 8" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-0-18D515F8000005DC-213_306x360.jpg" width="306" height="360" /> <p class="imageCaption">Horsemeat: Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda removed the £1.54 products from stores across Britain two weeks ago on March 8</p> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Asda has withdrawn tens of thousands of its own brand corned beef - after it was found to contain up to 50 per cent horsemeat, it emerged today.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The supermarket giant removed the £1.54 products from stores across Britain two weeks ago on March 8 - and tests this week showed quantities of horse DNA above trace levels.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Leicestershire County Council found the ingredients of one batch of the 340g tins were half horse, but </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Leeds-based </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Asda has insisted it only found levels of up to five per cent.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Asda, which has carried out more than 700 tests on products during the horsemeat scandal, has now had eight products that have been positive for at least traces of horse, reported </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="#ixzz2OAGa4Vc7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Sun</span></a><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A spokesman for Asda said the chain has ‘taken a belt and braces approach’ to testing for horse DNA and quickly removed any products from its shelves ‘whenever we’ve had any concerns’.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Walmart-owned chain with 500-plus stores, whose Smart Price Corned Beef is manufactured by French supplier Toupnot, has also scraped its Chosen By You Corned Beef line, reported the Sun.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The spokesman added: ‘These corned beef products are safe to eat within sell by dates, but if you have them in your cupboards you can return them to us for a full refund.’</span></p> <div style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Source : Dailymail</div>