horsemeat hysteria

[twiceinathens]

That this is a major fraud event is pretty apparent.
If you have eaten any of this you may be (1) Morally appalled by the idea of eating horsemeat. (2) Indignant at being mislead as to what you are eating.
However the media typically suggest that there is some major health danger. They talk of food being "contaminated" by horsemeat. Horsemeat is not dangerous to health. What they mean is "adulterated" . This is not just a matter of pedantic semantics. Regretfully the public tend to interpret events in the most negative terms.
The situation should never have arisen. It should be dealt with as soon as possible.
And no I am not Anti-vegetarian, nor have I any connection to either the food or hotel/restaurant industry.
But creating unnecessary anxiety for the sake of a sensational headline is irresponsible.

[Speedy]

Agreed but then that is what the media do.

My advice would be treat all news articles and headlines are complete crap until proven otherwise.

[RyeSloan]

That this is a major fraud event is pretty apparent.
If you have eaten any of this you may be (1) Morally appalled by the idea of eating horsemeat. (2) Indignant at being mislead as to what you are eating.
However the media typically suggest that there is some major health danger. They talk of food being "contaminated" by horsemeat. Horsemeat is not dangerous to health. What they mean is "adulterated" . This is not just a matter of pedantic semantics. Regretfully the public tend to interpret events in the most negative terms.
The situation should never have arisen. It should be dealt with as soon as possible.
And no I am not Anti-vegetarian, nor have I any connection to either the food or hotel/restaurant industry.
But creating unnecessary anxiety for the sake of a sensational headline is irresponsible.

While I agree to a point I think the word contamination can be taken to mean impure. In this sense a Beef Burger which is 50% Horsemeat is contaminated.

Horsemeat per se may not be a health risk but with no quality assurance of what horsemeat has been used and how those horses were slaughtered or indeed what they eat or were injected with during their lives I'm unsure how you can make such a sweeping statement.

[lyonhibs]

While I agree to a point I think the word contamination can be taken to mean impure. In this sense a Beef Burger which is 50% Horsemeat is contaminated.

Horsemeat per se may not be a health risk but with no quality assurance of what horsemeat has been used and how those horses were slaughtered or indeed what they eat or were injected with during their lives I'm unsure how you can make such a sweeping statement.

This. Ask Findus etc to trace and guarantee the quality of the horsemeat that should never have even been in their beef products in the 1st place.

They'll **** their pants, as they know they aren't able to guarantee the "purity" of the horsemeat, which is a separate point from the simple fact that it should never have been anywhere near a "Beef" product in the 1st place.

[(((Fergus)))]

It seems in hard times people always turn to eating horses.

[twiceinathens]

While I agree to a point I think the word contamination can be taken to mean impure. In this sense a Beef Burger which is 50% Horsemeat is contaminated.

Horsemeat per se may not be a health risk but with no quality assurance of what horsemeat has been used and how those horses were slaughtered or indeed what they eat or were injected with during their lives I'm unsure how you can make such a sweeping statement.
Sorry I should have made clear that I was referring to the consumption of horse meat per se. I fully recognise that the quality and provenance of any meat is paramount. My point was that to almost immediately jump to references to potentially dangerous substances as bute is, I would suggest, irresponsible, but unfortunately only to be expected.

[Beefster]

If there's horse meat in the M&S Lasagne, it's ****ing delicious.

[Jonnyboy]

Mountain out of a molehole IMO :greengrin

As a regular consumer of shepherds pie etc I can honestly say that's it's not helped me run any faster or jump any higher

[heretoday]

I just don't trust any processed food producers at the moment.

[lord bunberry]

I've just had my first **** since the whole story broke it was good to firm soft in places

[lapsedhibee]

That this is a major fraud event is pretty apparent.
If you have eaten any of this you may be (1) Morally appalled by the idea of eating horsemeat. (2) Indignant at being mislead as to what you are eating.
However the media typically suggest that there is some major health danger. They talk of food being "contaminated" by horsemeat. Horsemeat is not dangerous to health. What they mean is "adulterated" .

This would just increase the moral outrage for me. It's bad enough eating horseys, but to know that they've been ****ging other horseys without even being married to them makes me livid. :panic:

[Just_Jimmy]

Mountain out of a molehole IMO :greengrin

As a regular consumer of shepherds pie etc I can honestly say that's it's not helped me run any faster or jump any higher

Aye. There is naaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy chance of that ;p

[heretoday]

Seriously, I think we are all just pasties....sorry patsies.......who get shat upon constantly in a multitude of ways. This meat thing is just one of the many examples of how producers of stuff con the public into accepting and paying for sub-standard carp......sorry crap.

As my butcher - who is 100 % human and wears a wee white hat - said yesterday: "Ask yourself how Tesco's meat prices are the same now as they were ten years ago."

[Scouse Hibee]

Mountain out of a molehole IMO :greengrin

As a regular consumer of shepherds pie etc I can honestly say that's it's not helped me run any faster or jump any higher

No but seeing as Shepherds Pie should be made with lamb mince maybe you have a lovely wooly coat :greengrin

[Jonnyboy]

No but seeing as Shepherds Pie should be made with lamb mince maybe you have a lovely wooly coat :greengrin

HMMM need to buy some of that Veet stuff :greengrin

[danhibees1875]

My main issue with it is what it represents. We can't be 100% certain what is in the food that we buy, which really isn't good enough. :agree:

I've no problem eating Horse, if Tesco started selling 'Horse burgers' and 'Horse lasagna' I'd try them. :agree:

[Scouse Hibee]

My main issue with it is what it represents. We can't be 100% certain what is in the food that we buy, which really isn't good enough. :agree:

I've no problem eating Horse, if Tesco started selling 'Horse burgers' and 'Horse lasagna' I'd try them. :agree:


They started years ago mate :greengrin

[Scouse Hibee]

This is just the tip of the iceberg, processed and cheap microwaveable food will rarely contain anything like the ingredients we suspect it will.
Just look at these Rustler Micro burgers and the likes all full of ******. Time to get back to basics if you really want to know what you are actually eating. As others have already stated the price should say it all really.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

They started years ago mate :greengrin

Unless they were scraped off the course at Haydock or Aintree I'm not sure you can opine on this subject SH! ;-)

[Scouse Hibee]

Unless they were scraped off the course at Haydock or Aintree I'm not sure you can opine on this subject SH! ;-)


:tee hee: God damn it..............................wait.............. ....... I used to watch Champion the Wonder Horse it's ingrained in my memory does that count :greengrin

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

:tee hee: God damn it..............................wait.............. ....... I used to watch Champion the Wonder Horse it's ingrained in my memory does that count :greengrin

Those were the days! Was always ready for a fry up after watching that!

[danhibees1875]

They started years ago mate :greengrin

:greengrin you know what I mean.

Thankfully for some reason burgers and lasagna are 2 things I tend to make from scratch as opposed to buy.

[M6hibee]

Saw a politician bumping his gums about it on the tv yesterday, really outraged and angry about this subject. I thought, why the long face?













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[GoldenEagle]

Horsemeat...wait until they start DNA testing the 'Fish' in fish fingers (and I'm not trying to be funny about it BTW)

[Beefster]

Horsemeat...wait until they start DNA testing the 'Fish' in fish fingers (and I'm not trying to be funny about it BTW)

What else is/could be in Fish Fingers?

[Peevemor]

What else is/could be in Fish Fingers?

I've often wondered about this - I don't think I've ever seen a fish with fingers. :confused:

[Hibee87]

What else is/could be in Fish Fingers?

Just heard they found sea horse DNA in them

[RyeSloan]

Just heard they found sea horse DNA in them

Sounds a bit fishy that story. Think I'll take your post with a pinch of salt.

[danhibees1875]

Sounds a bit fishy that story. Think I'll take your post with a pinch of salt.

Hope he wasn't talking pacifically about the ones in my freezer. They are karp at the best of times, never mind when there is sea horse at the bass of the ingredients.