Posted on 02/08/2013 8:08:06 AM PST by Red Badger
Tests on Findus beef lasagne have revealed that some of the ready meals were made entirely from horsemeat.
Findus analysed 18 of its beef lasagne products and found 11 meals contained between 60% and 100% horsemeat, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said.
There is no evidence to suggest the horsemeat found in the Findus beef lasagne is a food safety risk, the FSA said.
However, the agency has ordered urgent tests on the lasagne for the veterinary drug phenylbutazone. Meat from animals treated with "bute" is not allowed to enter the food chain in Britain as it may pose a risk to human health.
All food companies have been told to test their beef products, with the FSA saying it was "highly likely" that criminal activity was to blame for the contamination.
Consumers who have purchased the ready meals - produced by French food supplier Comigel on behalf of Findus - have been advised by the FSA not to eat them and return them to the shop they were bought from.
Retail giant Tesco and discount chain Aldi have already withdrawn a range of ready meals produced by Comigel over fears they contained contaminated meat.
Findus UK has already started a full recall of its lasagne products. It withdrew its 320g, 360g and 500g lasagne meals from supermarket shelves as a precautionary measure earlier this week.
It came after Comigel alerted Findus and Aldi that their products "do not conform to specification".
It advised them to remove Findus beef lasagne and Aldi's Today's Special frozen beef lasagne and Today's Special frozen spaghetti bolognese.
Findus UK apologised to customers "for any inconvenience caused" - and said anyone who bought the affected lasagne products could get a full refund.
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“we use only the best ingredients”
So THAT’S what they did with Secretariat!
How can it be considered lasagna is there is no pasta, cheese, or sauce? Wouldn’t that just be ground meat?
MeatLovers Lasagne!.........
Could ‘Trigger’ allergies
Chomping at the bit for a bit of food? Giddyup and go with a Findus Ready Meal.
Right there, that’s a catchy jingle!
A horse is a course, of course.
Might cause ED, Mister.........
It was when I was frequent TDY’s to Spain. Horse meat is pretty common as well as camel and goat. Ate a half of a grilled rabbit there also. I’m sure I ate other “meats” in other armpit third world nations also. Things I ate in Egypt I was afraid to ask.
Haha! Great movie.
Surprised - I expected it to be a Chinese food company... but that would have had lead and melamine in it.
CC
“Right there, that’s a catchy jingle!”
They could show a jockey looking nervously at his watch. He wolfs down some lasagna. Suddenly, he hears the starting trumpet, hops on his horse and goes galloping off to the starting gate.
Hey, maybe they could come out with another product - Findus Ready Mule.
I once ate at a restaurant that was suspected of replacing beef with horsemeat. I realized the truth when I was halfway through a steak and somebody yelled “Whoa!”
Damned near choked to death.
LOL
How about this twist?
The Jockey’s and Horses line up at the checkout line gates :>)
“What the anti-slaughter people have managed to do is destroy the horse industry here and cause untold suffering for many unwanted horses.”
Exactly what happens when you think with your heart and not your head.
only with the mane course,of course.
Exactly. Obviously you went right to the source to ask the horse.
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