Equine ID chips helped expose horsemeat scandal

  A businessman who sold horsemeat as beef was caught after equine microchips were discovered in some of the packages he sold, a court heard. Andronicos Sideras, 55, was allegedly part of a ring of dodgy dealers who conspired to sell the contaminated meat concoction between January and November 2012. Horse ID chips were found inside the equine-flesh-infused meat – two from Poland and one from Ireland – when it was analysed during a spot-check by environmental health at a…