2013 Event The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef 2013 Event Nestle removes its beef pasta meals from supermarkets in France, Spain and Italy after tests confirm the food giant has products contaminated with horsemeat 2013 Event British catering firm Compass Group and Whitbread, one of the country's largest hotel chains, find horse DNA in products sold as "beef" 2013 Event Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets 2013 Event In Europe, ready-meal manufacturer, Findus, withdrew its beef lasagne meals from supermarkets after confirming beef supplied by French manufacturer, Comigel contained horsemeat 2013 Event The Republic of Ireland's Food Safety Authority announces horse DNA was present in some beef burgers on sale in supermarkets in Ireland and in the UK 2012 Event Russia lifts a ban imposed in 1996 on the import of British beef and lamb; the ban, imposed when Britain suffered from mad cow disease (BSE) had been lifted worldwide in 2006 2012 Event After a case of mad cow disease is reported in South Korea, retailers cease selling U.S. beef 1998 Event Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial 1987 Death Clara Peller, actress (Where's the Beef), dies at 86 1984 Event Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?" 1869 Event 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef
