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In reply to the discussion: Horsemeat found in beef burgers on sale in UK and Ireland [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)43. Turns out it also has PORK in it.
That is a serious problem for people who cannot eat pork.
Of 27 beefburgers tested, 10 equating to 37 per cent - tested positive for horse DNA and 85 per cent positive for pig DNA. In one sample of Tesco Everyday Value Beef Burgers, horsemeat comprised 29 per cent of the stated beef content.
A further analysis of 31 beef products including cottage pie, beef curry pie and lasagne showed that 21, two-thirds, contained pig DNA.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alarming-breach-of-controls-experts-blame-deliberate-swindle-by-foreign-suppliers-for-horsemeat-burgers-scandal-8454402.html
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Horsemeat found in beef burgers on sale in UK and Ireland [View all]
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