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Let them eat horse meat
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eRRolSheep | Report | 24 Feb 2013 13:14 |
And according to food safety experts, if you look at value burgers (which is what much of this debacle is concerned about) horse meat would be about a quarter of the price of beef. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 24 Feb 2013 13:03 |
Horse meat certainly is cheaper than beef. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 24 Feb 2013 12:38 |
and who are the poor these days? |
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supercrutch | Report | 24 Feb 2013 10:26 |
That's true Maggie but....in order for beef to be accepted at the abattoir it has to walk in and be passed by the examining human food consumption bodies. When we had the farm, a few times a call for help would go out for hubby to help get a cow back on it's feet. On it's feet and it's worth money, off it's feet and subsequently destroyed it's worth nothing. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Feb 2013 10:08 |
Errol, your comment: |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 24 Feb 2013 09:39 |
Susan101, I'm saying that where the product comes from is very important and if Horse was introduced into the food chain for human consumption in the UK then i would be happy to eat that product, |
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ChAoTicintheNewYear | Report | 24 Feb 2013 09:21 |
"Passing horse off as beef was purely economic" |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 24 Feb 2013 09:00 |
I don't really understand your logic PP. Are you saying that because 'you' don't mind, then neither should anyone else? Or maybe that because you or 'others' don't mind then you can't understand why any anyone else shouldn't?......Me, I can understand why others may like horsemeat, but I don't and don't expect to be deceived into buying it. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 24 Feb 2013 01:29 |
Me too, I used to have it as a child and remember it was tasty, |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 24 Feb 2013 01:24 |
Yes Roy - there are stringent rules in place based on HACCP which apply to meat products as well as others. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 24 Feb 2013 01:19 |
I used to work for Drive for a pack house that supplied 3 major supermarkets and a farmer who supplied several packer/processors who supplied major supermarkets and believe me If your load did not have the correct paperwork they would not even look at your load, |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Feb 2013 01:02 |
Roy, from what I understand, in this country, anyway, farmers have to keep vast records on what drugs have been given to their animals, and when. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:58 |
I won't Sue, cos I'm on mine :-D |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:58 |
Errol, Even fruit and veg are traceable to the farm and field they grew and any fertiliser used and if stored what chemicals where used when in storage and the soil is tested before planting and even the seed used to grow the fruit and veg are traceable in exactly the same way |
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supercrutch | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:43 |
To me there is no difference between mouldy grain being sent to Africa because it's food. The fact that rich countries consider it waste but they are being humanitarian by gifting it is crass hypocrasy. This smacks of the same attitude. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:41 |
The thing is it's not just mislabeled food, The meat in the product cannot be traced back to it's origin, |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:34 |
We could put this a different way. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:29 |
A drug is a contaminant, Errol. |
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Muffyxx | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:28 |
Waste not want not.........BUT.....If it REALLY is harmless they should replace it with everything on the menu at the vastly subsidised House Of Commons Restaurants...lets see how many of them take advantage .....I'm guessing not many. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 24 Feb 2013 00:23 |
Roy could that not be said of every single product on the market then? |
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