Two, aged 64 and 42, were arrested at Farmbox Meats Ltd, of Llandre near Aberystwyth.
Two men, aged 64 and 42, have been arrested at Farmbox Meats Ltd, of Llandre near Aberystwyth.
Dyfed-Powys Police and FSA officials are continuing inquiries at Farmbox Meats near Aberystwyth.
The industry's trade organisation, the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers claims all the tests on beef from Farmbox Meats are clear.
"They have made a big mistake taking on Farmbox Meats, " he said.
The association's Steve Lomax said: "All the allegations against Farmbox are unfounded".
Two men, aged 64 and 42, were arrested at Farmbox Meats Ltd, including one man believed to be the owner, Dafydd Raw-Rees.
One of the men arrested at Farmbox Meats in Llandre is believed to be the firm's owner Dafydd Raw Rees, the BBC understands.
In the UK, raids have taken place at Peter Boddy Licensed Slaughterhouse, in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, and Farmbox Meats Ltd, near Aberystwyth, by FSA officials supported by police.
The ongoing scandal surrounding horsemeat in products claiming to be beef was brought closer to home after Food Standard Agency officers raided the Farmbox Meat plant at Llandre.
Work at Farmbox Meats Ltd, of Llandre, Aberystwyth, was suspended in February by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) as part of an investigation into alleged mislabelling of meat products.
Dafydd Raw Rees, of Farmbox Meats, said the firm was licensed to deal with horses and it had been cutting horsemeat, from the Republic of Ireland for export to Belgium, for the last three weeks.
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