Horse Meat found in Tesco Beefburgers

[weltweit]

According to the internetz

The FDA approves 10 rat droppings per 8 pounds of processed foods.

Dirty dirty Americans!

 

[DexterTCN]

France is only 50 quid away.

There's a Tesco in France?

 

[Firky]

That's an offal joke.

 

[weltweit]

In one Tesco beefburger it was found to be 29% horse meat.

 

[Orang Utan]

Is that all?

 

[weltweit]

Is that all?

Somehow somewhere someone butchered a horse and included it in a beef delivery... in fact they probably did it a lot of times ...

 

[Frances Lengel]

Somehow somewhere someone butchered a horse and included it in a beef delivery... in fact they probably did it a lot of times ...

And what?

It's all edible.

 

[barney_pig]

Was in tesco yesterday afternoon, all the processed meat in the freezers was missing, we thought there was a freezer breakdown, but know better now. Daughter felt sick. Son (vegetarian) was smug.

 

[DotCommunist]

default setting for vegetarians with therir rank farts and their vegetables

 

[danny la rouge]

In one Tesco beefburger it was found to be 29% horse meat.

That's the thing, isn't it? It isn't some processing mistake. It isn't like a little bit of sesame seed got into them. They were nearly 30% the wrong thing. And it was an ingredient that isn't in use in these islands, so if they're capable of doing that, what else do they do?

 

[chilango]

Mmm. Horse. I've missed it since I moved back. I wish you could just buy it here. We used to have a specialist horse butchers in our local market in Milan. Up in the mountains donkey stew was the local dish. Mmm.

 

[DotCommunist]

That's the thing, isn't it? It isn't some processing mistake. It isn't like a little bit of sesame seed got into them. They were nearly 30% the wrong thing. And it was an ingredient that isn't in use in these islands, so if they're capable of doing that, what else do they do?

ritual satanic abuse probably

 

[ericjarvis]

Mmm. Horse. I've missed it since I moved back. I wish you could just buy it here. We used to have a specialist horse butchers in our local market in Milan. Up in the mountains donkey stew was the local dish. Mmm.

Donkey is really nice. Had some fantastic Spanish donkey sausages a couple of years ago.

I draw the line at primates, or any endangered species... and cats. Eating cats would be fundamentally wrong as they are clearly top of the food chain.

 

[DotCommunist]

I bet you've had some fantastic donkey sausage etc

 

[dylans]

How does a horse accidentally fall into a hamburger? I mean, its a fucking horse, its not an insect that snuck in under the machinery. Its a fucking huge animal. Was it like a really ugly horse that they mistook for a cow?

 

[DotCommunist]

I imagine at the hamburger factory they don't process the animal from A to B(urger), they just buy in loads of meat from the animal factory (slaughterhouse). Hence loads of anonymouse meat produce comes in and they make it into burgers. you could see how loads of horses might accidentally get into the mix

 

[rubbershoes]

Has anyone mentioned that Tesco are the mane offender?

 

[bignose1]

In one Tesco beefburger it was found to be 29% horse meat.

Reading that made me 'jump'...its not your 'fault' though....but its 'clearound' here that wel'l be awaiting the 'horse trial' relating to this...at the Whoald Neighley no doubt. Tesco so far have 'refused' to answer.But clearly an 'offence' has been commited.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Seriously, who gives a fuck? What a stupid non story this is. If you're happy to eat a cow you should be happy to eat a fucking horse.

 

[danny la rouge]

you could see how loads of horses might accidentally get into the mix

If so, then the procedures really aren't very good. If loads of an animal not eaten by humans in these islands can easily get into the mix without being noticed, then I'd suggest something is fundamentally wrong with the way things are done. This isn't the kind of mistake that we go "oh well" to; it's fundamental.

I'm not being sentimental here, by the way. I don't see why people think it's OK to eat a cow but not a horse. That's not the point; the point is that if something the size of a horse can slip through the net into the human food chain, the net is badly calibrated.

"What are we slaughtering today? Is it food, or something else?"

 

[malatesta32]

Mmm. Horse. I've missed it since I moved back. I wish you could just buy it here. We used to have a specialist horse butchers in our local market in Milan. Up in the mountains donkey stew was the local dish. Mmm.

yummy, i was eating donkey with pasta and horse steak in verona last year - local specialities. very good! better than shite burgers anyday. and how hard is it to make your own burger? crivvens!

 

[DotCommunist]

Seriously, who gives a fuck? What a stupid non story this is. If you're happy to eat a cow you should be happy to eat a fucking horse.

nah theres a demarcation in the minds of most people between cute/noble things that Are Not Foodz and boring things which Are Very Much Food


so puppy meat is not on.

Me, I'll eat anything but I draw the line at dolphin cos I have the suspicion that they might be sentient. lol.

 

[bignose1]

yummy, i was eating donkey with pasta and horse steak in verona last year - local specialities. very good! better than shite burgers anyday. and how hard is it to make your own burger? crivvens!

Dont mince yer words Mal

 

[DotCommunist]

If so, then the procedures really aren't very good. If loads of an animal not eaten by humans in these islands can easily get into the mix without being noticed, then I'd suggest something is fundamentally wrong with the way things are done. This isn't the kind of mistake that we go "oh well" to; it's fundamental.

I'm not being sentimental here, by the way. I don't see why people think it's OK to eat a cow but not a horse. That's not the point; the point is that if something the size of a horse can slip through the net into the human food chain, the net is badly calibrated.

"What are we slaughtering today? Is it food, or something else?"

They hire people like me through agencies on minimum wage to do these grim jobs. Thats what happens when you deskill a process so much that your labour costs are negligble. This happens.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

nah theres a demarcation in the minds of most people between cute/noble things that Are Not Foodz and boring things which Are Very Much Food

Fuck that, food is food.

As for dolphin, I bet it would be delicious

 

[bignose1]

Has anyone mentioned that Tesco are the mane offender?

Yup.....

 

[danny la rouge]

nah theres a demarcation in the minds of most people between cute/noble things that Are Not Foodz and boring things which Are Very Much Food

Yes, there is. But the point here is that some Food was found to be actually 30% Not Food. What other kinds of Not Food might end up being 30% of Food? Stuff that isn't noble or cute, like dung, wood, or metal? Contains up to 30% plastic.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I wouldn't eat Tesco burgers again...they give me the trots.

 

[danny la rouge]

They hire people like me through agencies on minimum wage to do these grim jobs. Thats what happens when you deskill a process so much that your labour costs are negligble. This happens.

I know. That's the sort of thing I mean. The way things is done is wrong. Forget horse versus cow. The food production system is so bad that Food can be 30% Not Food. That's evidence of fundamental flaws. This isn't something that should be shrugged off.

 

[dessiato]

Seriously, who gives a fuck? What a stupid non story this is. If you're happy to eat a cow you should be happy to eat a fucking horse.

I like horse meat and would be happy enough to eat it.

nah theres a demarcation in the minds of most people between cute/noble things that Are Not Foodz and boring things which Are Very Much Food
so puppy meat is not on.

Me, I'll eat anything but I draw the line at dolphin cos I have the suspicion that they might be sentient. lol.

Dolphin is rather tasty too.