Government documents show hundreds of businesses operating in Australia have breached food safety laws, with one politician warning "you could be eating a minced horse".

Government documents show hundreds of businesses operating in Australia have breached food safety laws, with one politician warning "you could be eating a minced horse".

Some Australians may have unknowingly consumed horse meat in products sold as beef or lamb, or eaten food containing mouse fur or metal shavings, secret government files reveal.