Story horse? Mega Thread.

super_furry

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."

ITS_A_BADGER

Whats wrong tesco? why the long face?

syklops

or pig

So pork then.

kneemos

So that's what they put in those one euro burgers.

Bipolar Joe

Had a horse burger in Slovenia. Was pretty OK, but smelled fucking awful. Had to brush my teeth with a rotting homeless man to make the smell better.

StormWarrior

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

Royal Irish

Not just Tesco. The makers of the burgers, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest foods supplied Dunnes Stores, Aldi, Lidl, and Iceland also.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0115/horse-meat-beef-burgers.html

tayto lover

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Had a horse burger in Slovenia. Was pretty OK, but smelled fucking awful. Had to brush my teeth with a rotting homeless man to make the smell better.

How did you get the rotten homeless man into your mouth?

donvito99

Why the long.... burger







forget it

kneemos

On a serious note if they are Irish produced they should be traceable.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

where they marketed as 100% beef burgers?

otherwise.... whats the problem here

My name is URL

Horse DNA doesn't mean horse meat.. it could be semen for all anyone knows!

mark renton

tayto lover wrote: »

How did you get the rotten homeless man into your mouth?

How did he get him out after he started squatting?

Bipolar Joe

tayto lover wrote: »

How did you get the rotten homeless man into your mouth?

Same way I got the burger in there, piece by piece.

Boombastic

tayto lover wrote: »

How did you get the rotten homeless man into your mouth?

Throw a burger in first;)


I'm not sure how they got away with that, don't all food processors have a full trace-ability from farm to fork and all that nonsense and are audited by these companies (tesco, dunnes etc)regularly??

Procasinator

My name is URL wrote: »

Horse DNA doesn't mean horse meat.. it could be semen for all anyone knows!

How else would you bind burgers so well!

lintdrummer

Thread title is a bit misleading, the article names a number of retailers (including Dunnes, lidl and aldi) that also carry these products. It just so happens that the sample from tesco had the highest horse meat content.

MadsL

StormWarrior wrote: »

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

I do. I don't buy cheap supermarket mystery meat.

In other shock horror news - cod not actually cod.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380164/Mislabelled-fish-products-Asda-Tesco-Sainsburys-Morrisons-Waitrose-Lidl.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1199190/Catfish-chips-anyone.html

whiskeyman

I doubt these horse burgers will be on sale furlong now it's made the mane news.

syklops

MadsL wrote: »

I do. I don't buy cheap supermarket mystery meat.

In other shock horror news - cod not actually cod.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380164/Mislabelled-fish-products-Asda-Tesco-Sainsburys-Morrisons-Waitrose-Lidl.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1199190/Catfish-chips-anyone.html

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

GLaDOS

You mean there's been beef in my horse burgers? I'm going to be sick...

o1s1n

StormWarrior wrote: »

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

I'd still rather eat horse than go vegan.

mike65

Liffey Meats and Silvercrest, hang on don't they make satellite receivers?

Richard tea

I love nothing better than to chomp down on BLACK BEAUTY on the weekends:eek:

ITS_A_BADGER

My name is URL wrote: »

Horse DNA doesn't mean horse meat.. it could be semen for all anyone knows!

MOOOO.. horse ... im dying horse.... make love to me one last time.....

Sulla Felix

I always said I wanted to try eating one of every animal. At least I can scratch horse off the list now.

Procasinator

whiskeyman wrote: »

I doubt these horse burgers will be on sale furlong now it's made the mane news.

I heard it gives ya the trots.

LiamMc

kneemos wrote: »

On a serious note if they are Irish produced they should be traceable.

If you're Lucky.

Richard tea

StormWarrior wrote: »

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

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

Boombastic

Procasinator wrote: »

I heard it gives ya the trots.

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

Sky King

StormWarrior wrote: »

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

You don't know what you're getting in vegan products either home slice, but it sure as hell is a lot of animals!

Insects mostly.

Rascasse

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

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

Procasinator

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

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

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

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

Sky King

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.

Boombastic

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:

CreepingDeath

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

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

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

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

MadsL

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

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

Zab

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

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

ThisRegard

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

Micky Dolenz

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

kneemos

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

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