[Beewyched]

On BBC News tonight - Tesco burgers found to have 29% HORSEMEAT in them 
 
Just another reason to rear your own or buy direct locally!

[Hermit]

What actually shocked me was that there was meat of any kind in them at all!

[Fleecewife]

What actually shocked me was that there was meat of any kind in them at all!

 

[Mel Rice]

Horse is very poular and fairly common round here....hence horses sell for quite a bit (keep their value) You still get money back from horses that HAVE to be killed   rather than it costing alot!

[Beewyched]

What actually shocked me was that there was meat of any kind in them at all!

 

But seriously - it's bl**dy outrageous - I bet it was in their "value range" too - "let's feed the poor, aren't we a nice supermarket, they won't question what's in them - the needy in the UK are so stupid they won't think to question what they're eating".
Now, I know it won't sit comfortably with many, but ... horse meat is supposed to be a "healthy" option & ironically is usually a "premium" meat.  Just that given the informed option, most folks wouldn't eat it.
But ... I suppose there are a lot of horses & ponies out there that are being dumped & neglected due to the "current financial crisis" & bearing that in mind, with my smallholder hat on, I would rather have any of my stock culled than not be able to care for them & feeling I had no other choice than to dump them 

[Beewyched]

Sorry Mel - I x-posted with you there!

[Beewyched]

It's ICELAND too 

[lachlanandmarcus]

I dont mind if they put horsemeat in burgers - the estimated 10-20,000 fly grazed/dumped/unwanted horses in the uk would be best put to this purpose.
However, I mind VERY much not being aware of what is in food, and find it extremely disturbing that horsemeat is in these burgers. Pig DNA too, but that could have been because of the factory also handling pork (tho not ideal for Jewish/Muslim customers), but there is no reason why horsemeat should have been there. From a food security and safety point of view, it is unacceptable.

[tizaala]

Tesco, Aldi, Iceland, and probably a few more that have not been named.
  All because some folk are too lazy or too ignorant to crack an egg into a pound of mince and add a bit of seasoning, serves e'm right. 

[MAK]

Ironic that Tesco wold not sell Jimmy's sausages because they had offel in them. The supermarkets would not knowingly sell products incorrectly labelled but it also shows the public's need for cheap food - manufacturers have financial pressures put on them by the big supermarkets so I am afraid they all ( supermarkets and public) get what they want cheap profitable food of dubious origins.

[SteveHants]

I like horsemeat - have eaten it in France on numerous occasions - so at least those non-productive livestock units are doing something.

It should, of course be labeled correctly though.

[plumseverywhere]

I'm happy to try anything new but I like to know what it is before I eat it - slipping in some horse to what people believe is beef is unethical.
29.1% of tesco 'value' burgers was found to be horse.

think there is more to come on this story...and I reckon some of the other supermarket giants are currently checking their products and panicking!

[mojocafa]

It's nay good!

[Rosemary]

I have no problem with horse meat being eaten. I wouldn't choose to do it myself. I DO have a problem with the welfare issues around the live transport of horses across the EU in quite sickening conditions. But if horses are either reared for meat with high welfare standards or surplus horses culled for meat in suitable premises, I don't have a problem with it.

I think we need to get over our problem in the UK with slaughtering horses for meat. It would be a more useful end for a lot of horses.

[happygolucky]

Think the  major point is knowing and choosing what we eat, at least this has draw attention yet again to what is actually being put into  food stuffs, I now wonder about other processed meat products, doubt its just burgers!! what about pies and sausages for example, mind you, a lot of animals are OK to eat, just our culture that stops us.
I never forget a Chemist in a food production factory that I knew saying a lot of the non artificial colourings and flavorings would upset people if they saw them being processed.......I just wonder