Ireland: Horsemeat found in supermarket burgers

Irish regulator finds horsemeat in supermarket burgers; U.K.-based Tesco apologizes

LONDON (AP) -- The Irish food safety watchdog says that it has found traces of horse DNA in burger products sold by some of the country's biggest supermarkets, including a burger sold by global retailer Tesco that authorities said was made of roughly 30 percent horse.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland also said Tuesday that it had found traces of pig DNA in 85 percent of the burger products it tested in Irish supermarkets, including those operated by U.K-based Iceland and German discounter Lidl.

The watchdog says the unusual animal DNA in Ireland's burgers isn't a threat to anyone's health but does "raise some concerns."

U.K.-based Tesco apologized for the horsemeat-heavy burger and said it was pulling Tesco-brand burgers from British and Irish supermarkets as a precaution.

I'd like to bring the orger COW in for interrogation on this matter.

kiasheri said:

You want fries with that?

It's not that shocking to me, i'm sure there's far worse in them than horse meat LOL

PurpleJedi said:

I'd like to bring the orger COW in for interrogation on this matter.

Stead said:

Hope it wasn't someone close to you.

Cow said:

PurpleJedi said:

I'd like to bring the orger COW in for interrogation on this matter.

That's a suspicious smile if I ever saw one.

Don't feel sorry for horses. I am against any animals being eaten but horses are the douches of the animal kingdom.

Plus horses are really, really delicious. Horse steaks, exquisite. Horse pot roast, yummmm.

Man don't you feel like a horse kabob right now?

(I'm serious, this is really causing a buzz among the bovines right now. And the horses are looking so nervous.)

why don't we eat horses?

Ride 'em, race 'em, bet on 'em, use them to pull wagons, buggies and farm equipment, teach them how to do little dances, almost always under the power of the whip, but ON NO! Don't eat 'em! Humans make me laugh.

NDRU said:

why don't we eat horses?

Because, as I mentioned above, humans have found ways to bond with them, give them false sentience and intelligence far above reality. Honestly, there is no reason to not eat them. They're meat, just like every other large, fleshy animal. But little kids at the fair would freak out about the "horsey" being dinner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat

Cerebus said:

Ride 'em, race 'em, bet on 'em, use them to pull wagons, buggies and farm equipment, teach them how to do little dances, almost always under the power of the whip, but ON NO! Don't eat 'em! Humans make me laugh.

Like I said in another thread not too long ago, we are a weird species, the human race.

Cerebus said:

NDRU said:

why don't we eat horses?

Because, as I mentioned above, humans have found ways to bond with them, give them false sentience and intelligence far above reality. Honestly, there is no reason to not eat them. They're meat, just like every other large, fleshy animal. But little kids at the fair would freak out about the "horsey" being dinner.

We're better than a stupid cow

not even 100 yrs ago horses were a vital part of everyday life. no one went anyone without a horse, no cars.

now, they are no longer forced to cart us here and there. it's odd how an animal so treasured once can become overlooked in a matter of a few years..

that being said, i ate raw horse in japan. someone else 'treated' me to it..

Burger King Horsemeat: Ch...To Scandal

LONDON — Burger King says it has stopped buying beef from an Irish supplier whose patties in Britain and Ireland were found to contain traces of horsemeat.

The fast food chain said in a statement that it had dropped Silvercrest Foods as a supplier for its U.K. and Ireland restaurants as a "voluntary and precautionary measure."

Last week Silvercrest shut down its production line and recalled 10 million burgers from supermarket shelves in Britain and Ireland after horse DNA was found in some beef products.

Products from another Irish firm and one in Britain also were contaminated.

Irish food officials say an ingredient imported from an unspecified European country is the likely culprit.

Officials say there is no risk to human health, but the episode has raised food security concerns.

maybe a horse got it on with a cow and had Coworse babies?

tinaz said:

maybe a horse got it on with a cow and had Coworse babies?

You know...I didn't want to say anything..but I definitely feel some "sexual tension" between Cow and Stead on these threads...

Giddy Up! What is the issue? Meat is meat. I would eat a horse or anything really. As long as they were clean. Eating a pig or lobster or catfish is was more of an issue and I eat them anytime i can.

We have an emotional attachement to horses and dogs... but in the pot or on a bun... meat is meat.

I draw the line at mammals.

I'm starting to see horse steaks turn up in the fancy grocery stores here. Don't know if I'd try it though. I've eaten ostrich steaks before which are DIVINE . How omething can have the texture of a cheicken breast but the color and taste of a steak is beyond me but DAMN they are delicious. With the horsies I think I would be too nostalic about Mr. Ed or something and would want to eat them