In 2013, the United Kingdom was again beset by the practice as part of a European wide scandal on the contamination and corruption of food products. The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DRIPD) is adamant that horse meat had not been detected in Australian food. In a press release (July 28), the department indignantly claimed to have found no “horse meat in beef, lamb or any food for human consumption.” Horse meat had not been found, nor were there any abattoirs in the state licensed to process horse meat for human consumption. The question of spotting or identifying unwanted horse flesh in confidently labelled products is part of the broader problem of reliability regarding the product’s veracity.