Buzzing flies and the smell of horse manure suffused the air.

FORBES: Profit in a big orange box

After several hours of this, learning the difference between a four-day-old horse and a cow carcass - the colour, smell, and muscle tone - the kind lady who showed us round, led us to a warm room where we could remove our hair nets and overalls and take comfort in a bowl of vegetable soup.

BBC: Horsemeat scandal: Noble animal at centre of Romanian life

No one ever accused Carl Rosen of not stopping to smell the roses, or, in his case, the horse manure.

WSJ: A Homegrown Fashion Mogul

Spanghero should have identified the meat as horse from its Romanian customs code, as well as its appearance, smell and price, he said.

CNN: UK arrests, French investigation in horse meat scandal