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Source: BBC
Horse DNA has been found in some beef burgers being sold in UK and Irish supermarkets, the Republic of Ireland's food safety authority (FSAI) has said.
The FSAI said the meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire.
It said there was no risk to health.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21034942
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littlemissmartypants
Jan 2013
OP
"no risk to health". In some countries, horse is the primary meat. I don't see a problem here.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#1
You don't see a problem in paying for cow and receiving horse? Maybe you'd like to buy my Jaguar and
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#2
Damn. Do you know what's in burgers? Horse meat would be the least of my concerns.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#6
People have the absolute human right to know what they are eating so they can make
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#3
When I was a kid horsemeat was, except for Spam, about the only meat we could afford.
panzerfaust
Jan 2013
#28
We would never know it here! In a country that only "smell" tests it's seafood and calls that
Dustlawyer
Jan 2013
#25
.. no risk to human health. Horses worldwide, on the other hand, are worried ...
Myrina
Jan 2013
#32