Story horse? Mega Thread.

Rascasse · 15-01-2013 07:12PM

Reminds me of a programme on BBC or ITV a few years ago about the amount of donkey meat in salami and chorizo. Apparently there's big money to be made doing it, so much so that there are gangs going around mainland Europe stealing donkeys (including pets) and taking them to disreputable salami/chorizo factories.

Boombastic · 15-01-2013 07:14PM

I hope this scandal doesn't cause the company to foal

Procasinator · 15-01-2013 07:14PM

Boombastic wrote: »

A very unstable position to be in, you'd be galloping to the toilet the whole time

Yeah, I might rein in my consumption of beef burgers for a while. Don't want to stirrup the stomach.

OneArt · 15-01-2013 07:15PM

Richard tea wrote: »

Every time someone mentions the word Vegan in this thread im going to kick a horse and eat its babies

Make the horse watch.

Zab · 15-01-2013 07:16PM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

where they marketed as 100% beef burgers?

otherwise.... whats the problem here

What's the problem with them putting random animals that aren't on the ingredients list in the food we eat? Seriously?

kneemos · 15-01-2013 07:17PM

Apparently it was just minute quanities which came from added ingridients,according to the bloke from the food authority on drivetime.

Boombastic · 15-01-2013 07:18PM

Zab wrote: »

What's the problem with them putting random animals that aren't on the ingredients list in the food we eat? Seriously?

There is no defence for this

kneemos wrote: »

Apparently it was just minute quanities which came from added ingridients,according to the bloke from the food authority on drivetime.

Added ingredients............ like a horse?:pac:

Sky King · 15-01-2013 07:18PM

kneemos wrote: »

Apparently it was just minute quanities which came from added ingridients,according to the bloke from the food authority on drivetime.

No if you read the report the tesco burgers were 27% horse.

*Edit 29% sorry.

CreepingDeath · 15-01-2013 07:21PM

Liffey Meats Quality bull horse shit page

More than likely the products weren't under their own brand name.

Supermarkets sometimes negotiate with producers to create supermarket branded / cheaper versions of their products.

So a "Value brand" wouldn't have the same standards.
That's why I rarely buy supermarket branded goods.

I'd a mate in college ( 20 years ago ) who used to work in a well known Irish meat processing factory.
They were picking the maggots off the production line for a well known Irish supermarkets branded products.

Boombastic · 15-01-2013 07:23PM

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Liffey Meats Quality bull horse shit page

More than likely the products weren't under their own brand name.

Supermarkets sometimes negotiate with producers to create supermarket branded / cheaper versions of their products.

So a "Value brand" wouldn't have the same standards.
That's why I rarely buy supermarket branded goods.

I'd a mate in college ( 20 years ago ) who used to work in a well known Irish meat processing factory.
They were picking the maggots off the production line for a well known Irish supermarkets branded products.

The have the same legal responsibilities to be fully traceable and the same hygiene standards

kneemos · 15-01-2013 07:27PM

Sky King wrote: »

No if you read the report the tesco burgers were 27% horse.

*Edit 29% sorry.

That was the exception,it came from an English plant,the Irish plants had only trace amounts of gee gee.

Ann22 · 15-01-2013 07:31PM

Imagine if like 67% human dna was found in Tesco burgers:):):)The scandal:)

MadsL · 15-01-2013 07:32PM

syklops wrote: »

While I agree with you 100%, your argument would have been better made if you had used anyone other than the Daily Mail.

Just because it is the Daily Mail that reports something doesn't automatically make it untrue.

Here is the same story reporting on the quoted academic study in a fancy posh broadsheet
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Environment/article611538.ece

and that authority of all things fish. World Fishing Today.
http://www.worldfishingtoday.com/news/default.asp?nyId=3643

Happy now

kenmc · 15-01-2013 07:33PM

horse tastes good, and its probably more expensive than beef anyway, so sounds like a bonus to me.

Zab · 15-01-2013 07:35PM

kneemos wrote: »

That was the exception,it came from an English plant,the Irish plants had only trace amounts of gee gee.

Did he say this on the radio? It doesn't say that in the report (no mention of the source) and it doesn't say it in the articles I've read (some did come from the UK, I assume the Moordale ones).

wolfeye · 15-01-2013 07:36PM

The horse meat is probably the only healthy thing in them burgers.

ThisRegard · 15-01-2013 07:40PM

Title fail, almost all retailers were selling tainted products, none knew about it hence them not telling you.

Micky Dolenz · 15-01-2013 07:40PM

Seems like Tesco is trying to take us for a ride here.

kneemos · 15-01-2013 07:40PM

Zab wrote: »

Did he say this on the radio? It doesn't say that in the report (no mention of the source) and it doesn't say it in the articles I've read (some did come from the UK, I assume the Moordale ones).

On the radio about ten minutes ago.

WarZoneBrother · 15-01-2013 07:45PM

Is there only one Silvercrest Foods factory, because I worked in one?

kneemos · 15-01-2013 07:45PM

wolfeye wrote: »

The horse meat is probably the only healthy thing in them burgers.

If they can sell burgers for a euro it ain't prime cut is it?

MadsL · 15-01-2013 07:46PM

But, a horse got personality. Personality goes a long way.

Thrill · 15-01-2013 07:48PM

Boombastic wrote: »

A very unstable position to be in, you'd be galloping to the toilet the whole time

Not a nice position at all. A bit of a mare in fact.

GHOST MGG · 15-01-2013 07:49PM

all our meat is fully traceable from stable to table.i mean champion the wonder horse must be turning in his burgergrinder...grave.

wonderfulname · 15-01-2013 07:50PM

StormWarrior wrote: »

Yuck. Another good reason to go vegan. You don't know what you are getting in animal products.

That's a silly stance to take, you can be a responsible meat eater just as you can be an irresponsible vegan.

humbert · 15-01-2013 07:50PM

Thread title should be changed, it's bordering on libel.

PinkFly · 15-01-2013 07:54PM

Sarah Jessica Parker better watch out, Tescos could be after her for their next roll

Dostoevsky · 15-01-2013 07:55PM

super_furry wrote: »

http://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/press_releases/horseDNA15012013.html

So that's what happened to Shergar. An FSAI reports reveals that what you think are beef burgers are, in some cases, horse burgers - or pig. Maybe it's more EU intergration, those French lads love an aul horse steak.

"In one sample from Tesco, the level of horse DNA indicated that horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% relative to the beef content."

It is, at one level, shocking. On another, however, why is eating horse meat so much more terrible than eating cattle meat? It's a weird one how human beings in different cultures think about the food they eat.

Personally, after all the fact-based evidence about the sheer bastards who run the meat processing industry and their practices, few thinking Irish people would trust the meat industry and many of these people would have given up meat.

gowley · 15-01-2013 07:55PM

its part of abp food group one of the biggest in europe

gowley · 15-01-2013 07:56PM

WarZoneBrother wrote: »

Is there only one Silvercrest Foods factory, because I worked in one?

its part of abp food group i think. larry goodmans europe wide operation

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