Abstract: During January to March in 2013, a meat adulteration scandal, that beef products were found to contain undeclared horsemeat which may contain the veterinary drug banned for use in food producing animals—phenylbutazone, has been revealed in some supermarkets of several European countries. After investigation, this incident was eventually defined as one of fraudulent labeling. This article gives an overview of the horsemeat scandal, as well as a discussion on the pros and cons of the responding procedures, thus to provide reference for us to cope with such kind of issues in China.