Damaging fallout from meat scandal

The discovery of traces of horsemeat - and in one case a lot more than traces - in Irish-produced burgers raises fundamental questions. Some of these are starting to be answered. For example, it appears that the contaminated product originated outside Ireland, which will come as some relief to the industry here. However, it is not credible to try to gloss this over and claim that, by the way, our rigorous testing picked ...