The meat was processed at the Silvercrest plant in County Monaghan and the Irish authorities have said the horse offcuts were contained in a frozen block of filler product imported from Poland.
Using the offcuts of fabric donated by the concentration of clothing factories in the neighborhood, the Retalhos Cariocas girls produce a range of sandals, bags and accessories with a uniquely Rio spirit of tropical color and joie de vivre.
Campaign groups agree that it is better to use offcuts as a resource rather than let them rot, but the potential scale of the enterprise alarms them as they believe in future power generators will be scouring the globe for stuff to put in the furnace.