Horsemeat found in beef burgers on sale in UK and Ireland

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Horsemeat found in beef burgers on sale in UK and Ireland




Horse DNA has been found in some beef burgers being sold in UK and Irish supermarkets, the Republic of Ireland's food safety authority (FSAI) has said.


The FSAI said the meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire.
It said they posed no health risk.
The burgers were on sale in Tesco and Iceland in the UK and Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland they were on sale in Dunnes Stores, Lidl, and Aldi.


Retailers have said they are now removing all implicated batches of the burgers.
A total of 27 products were analysed, with 10 of them containing horse DNA and 23 containing pig DNA.

'Unacceptable'

Horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the meat content in one sample from Tesco.
In addition, 31 beef meal products, including cottage pie, beef curry pie and lasagne, were analysed, of which 21 tested positive for pig DNA.
The chief executive of the FSAI, Professor Alan Reilly, said that while the findings posed no risk to public health, they did raise some concerns.
"Whilst, there is a plausible explanation for the presence of pig DNA in these products due to the fact that meat from different animals is processed in the same meat plants, there is no clear explanation at this time for the presence of horse DNA in products emanating from meat plants that do not use horsemeat in their production process," he said.
"In Ireland, it is not in our culture to eat horsemeat and therefore, we do not expect to find it in a burger," Professor Reilly added.
"Likewise, for some religious groups or people who abstain from eating pig meat, the presence of traces of pig DNA is unacceptable."


Tesco's group technical director, Tim Smith, said his company was informed of the test results by the FSAI on Tuesday and they "immediately withdrew from sale all products from the supplier in question".

'Extremely serious'

In Tesco's case, two frozen beef burger products - sold in both the UK and Ireland - were found to contain horse DNA.
In a statement, Mr Smith said: "The safety and quality of our food is of the highest importance to Tesco. We will not tolerate any compromise in the quality of the food we sell. The presence of illegal meat in our products is extremely serious."
He added that Tesco was "working with the authorities in Ireland and the UK, and with the supplier concerned, to urgently understand how this has happened and how to ensure it does not happen again".
"We will not take any products from this site until the conclusion and satisfactory resolution of an investigation," the statement said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21034942

[stevo25]

nom nom

[Ashley]

That's where shergar went then.

[CzarJunkie]

I once found a horse brass in a happy meal. I thought it was a toy for the kids.

[jaguar982]

I found a brass in cheetham hill but thats another story

Jag

[bbshark]

whats wrong with horse meat? as long as its in the ingredients.

[RSV]

They're really low fat but have a high Shergar content

[CallmeGoose]

personally I don't see what the fuss is about. We have all been conditioned to eat cow meat, not much of a step to horse meat. I'd happily eat a pure horse burger. In fact, now i'm quite intrigued.

I have a mate who calls her horse Toffee, if it ain't for eating, don't name it after a food stuff!

[Mobileman]

Most people will have eaten horse many a time in France suppose issue is some of these company's have been buying dodgy meat and if they can get away with that are things being handled correctly in terms of temp etc.

[{{909}}]

I wouldnt give a fuck but I can see the problem, people have a right to know what animal theyre gettng when they ask for beef. To be fair though, a horses anus and a cows anus probably taste the same anyway.

I fucking dread to think what shite I have eaten out here, thankfully sausages are not part of the Chinese diet.

[CallmeGoose]

i tried water cockroach in Cambodia. I tried it before I went on the boat trip to the lake where they reside, wish I hadnt eaten it after I seen the shit in the water.

[tips]

I had a Tesco Burger last night, this explains why they gave me the Trots.

[rIKmAN]

Everyone is assuming its actual horse meat, but the article says DNA so it could just be a load of horse jizz.

[beerman]

Everyone is assuming its actual horse meat, but the article says DNA so it could just be a load of horse jizz.

29% horse jizz?

[DJ OD]

I don't think anything we eat it totally what it is suposed to be.

The other day I was looking for something different to snack on at work and found a pot of sliced apple, grapes and cheese for £1 in Asda. It suddenly occured to me what the fuck was up with the apple? It had been cut but not gone brown! Even after opening the packet (and eating it all the same) I left one piece of apple out for ages. Still didn't go brown. WTF was up with that?! Must have been so full of chemicals...

The quality of food in the UK is so bad, mostly processed food I'll admit, it's a wonder we are not all mutants.


DJ OD

[greaseweasel]

Not really surprising when you shop at Asda

[Mule]

WTF was up with that?! Must have been so full of chemicals...

Or grape juice.

[ilscuro]

A Tesco spokesman said

"They're totally shocked as they didn't realise there was any meat in their burgers"

[GTI]

personally I don't see what the fuss is about. We have all been conditioned to eat cow meat, not much of a step to horse meat. I'd happily eat a pure horse burger. In fact, now i'm quite intrigued.

I have a mate who calls her horse Toffee, if it ain't for eating, don't name it after a food stuff!

Horse meat is very common in the French part of Switzerland, I've had it several times and its actually quite tasty.

[Goldberg]

I recently had a trip down to Borough Market. Very good exotic meat stand there and I opted for a Zebra Burger on my last visit.
Very tasty and actually very good for you (lean).

Mixed with beef (products) you would never know the difference. Compare that to your cheap sausage....