Horsemeat scandal: Council finds 100kg of horse labelled as beef for sale on market stall All remaining unsold meat has been withdrawn from sale, FSA said Pure horsemeat imported from Hungary was sold to British shoppers as 'diced beef', officials have confirmed. Nearly half the meat had already been sold to the public before its true provenance was discovered. The Food Standards Agency said that 100kg (220lb) of horsemeat was imported by Hungarian Food Ltd in Preston, Lancashire, and sold on its market stall in town and a shop in Liverpool. The remaining unsold 1kg bags have been withdrawn from sale. An FSA spokesman said: 'The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Lancashire County Council that it has identified 100kg of horsemeat imported from Hungary labelled as beef. 'Investigations showed that 40kg (90lb) were sold through Hungarian Food Ltd's own market stall in Preston, and through a shop in Liverpool called Taste of Hungary. The meat was sold in 1kg (2.2lb) bags labelled as "diced beef." The meat is being tested for the anti-inflammatory veterinary drug bute, the FSA confirmed. The manager of Taste of Hungary admitted that he ate some of the meat, thinking it was beef. Attila Fabian, who runs the shop in Sefton, Merseyside, said that he bought 20 bags from Hungarian Food Ltd last May instead of importing it directly - but it sold so badly that he took four or five bags home for his family. I was shocked when environmental health told me what happened exactly. Mr Fabian said his shop sold about a dozen bags of the horsemeat, leaving three bags left in the freezer. They have now been taken away for tests. He said the shop had ceased trading with Hungarian Food Ltd after the firms 'fell out' last July. The horsemeat food-labelling scandal began when Irish food inspectors announced in mid-January that they had found horse in frozen beef- burgers made by firms in Ireland and Britain, and sold by a number of supermarket chains including Tesco, Iceland, Aldi and Lidl. Since then, a growing number of stores and companies across Europe, including Findus and Nestle, have recalled beef ready-meals after tests found they contained horse DNA. Minced beef supplied to hundreds of hospitals, schools, hotels and care homes by caterer 3663 was recalled because of horsemeat contamination. Its own-label minced beef was supplied by a company called GA International, which is based in Yorkshire. The same processor also supplied contaminated mince to a second major catering company, Sodexo, which would have passed it on to schools, care homes and military bases. A survey this month showed that three in five people have changed their eating habits in the wake of the scandal. Nearly a third are buying less processed meat, such as burgers, while one in four now avoid meat-based ready-meals, according to consumer group Which?. It wants the Government to take urgent steps to ensure food labels are accurate, and for more random testing to be introduced.