See the timeline of the horse scandal that started from the Ireland’s Food Safety revelation and its sprawl across the European countries. Learn how horse meat enters the food chain, in what cases it is considered hazardous for human health and how trading works under the current obscure regulations.

Finally who shoulders the burden for the turmoil resulted from the horse meat scandal in the food industry? And are there any nutritional drawbacks for humans in case of horsemeat eating? Australian Institute of Food Safety throughs some light on the case.