Two men from Aberystwyth and one from West Yorkshire have been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act in relation to the horse meat scandal.
The three men arrested on suspicion of fraud offences in relation to the horsemeat scandal have been released on bail pending further inquiries, Dyfed-Powys Police said.
Police arrested the men after it emerged a significant amount of horse meat containing the painkiller "bute" could have been entering the food chain for some time.
Farmbox Meats Ltd, Llandre in Aberystwyth Credit: Press Association
Authorities in Britain and France are trying to trace the carcasses of six horses contaminated with bute - which were slaughtered in a UK abattoir and may have entered the human food chain across the Channel.
Dafydd Raw-Rees, the owner of Farmbox Meats near Aberystwyth, was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act, sources said, along with a 42-year-old man
A 63-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of the same offence at Peter Boddy Slaughterhouse in Todmorden, West Yorkshire
Both plants were inspected on Tuesday by the Food Standards Agency
Peter Boddy said he had done nothing wrong and insisted the FSA inspection was merely to look at his records, but was tonight unavailable for comment
Three men have been arrested at meat plants inspected by the Food Standards Agency, Dyfed-Powys Police said.
Two men have been arrested at Farmhouse Meats near Aberystywth, west Wales and another man has been arrested at the Peter Boddy Slaughterhouse in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
All three have been arrested on suspicion of fraud, and are being interviewed by police and FSA staff.