AWWWW c'mon Wiiilbur please don't send me to th' glue factory!
Posted on 09/05/2013 8:55:01 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Supermarket says it is angry with supplier Comigel after tests reveal 30% and 100% horsemeat in withdrawn ready meals. The environment secretary is due to meet the Food Standards Agency, food suppliers and retailers on Saturday to discuss the horsemeat scandal after Aldi became the latest supermarket to confirm its withdrawn beef products contained up to 100% horsemeat.
Owen Paterson said it was unacceptable that consumers were mis-sold products, but that the problems originated overseas.
"We believe that the two particular cases of the frozen burgers from Tesco and the lasagne from Findus are linked to suppliers in Ireland and France respectively. We and the Food Standards Agency are working closely with the authorities in these countries, as well as with Europol, to get to the root of the problem," he said.
Paterson said he believed the food was safe but urged consumers to return products to the retailers. "The French authorities are saying they are viewing the issue as a case of fraud rather than food safety. Anyone who has these products in their freezer should return them to retailers as a precaution.".
Findus denied reports that the company first knew there was horsemeat in its products last year.
"Findus want to be absolutely explicit that they were not aware of any issue of contamination with horsemeat last year," it said in a statement
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Taco Bell in the 70’s
There’s nothing inherently wrong with eating horse meat. But not telling consumers is wrong.
Makes you wonder what else is in there?..........
Isn’t horse meet beef too?
blaspheme
The tests came from customers behavior of going to the racetrack and running around on open fields.
What’s the big deal? Anyone ever notice there never any stray dogs or cats anywhere near a Chinese restaurant?
So that’s where all our wild horses go!
In some countries, they could have charged a premium for horse meat.
A word you want to learn quickly when shopping in Germany is “Pferdefleisch”
I’m wondering if eating horse meat has the opposite effect as PETA’s claims of eating eating chicken wings....? /s
“...linked to suppliers in Ireland...”
So that’s what happened to Shergar...
“If wishes were horses, we’d all eat steak.” Jayne Cobb
Just a little historical payback humor at the meat packing plant.
Was served pigeon soup in a San Fran Chinese restaurant. They were proud of it. Couldn’t speak a lick of English. They took me outside to point to a pigeon on a wire so I understood what I was eating.
I’ve heard that half of all Thoroughbreds end up in the slaughter house
The French actually consume quite a bit of horsemeat. I would be surprised if any frozen meat product from France did NOT contain some.
And at least one (Khartoum) ended up in bed. (GF ref.)
that explains John Kerry.
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