MSE News: Half of meat-eaters happy to eat horsemeat

molerat

Prof. Hugh Pennington reckons it is safer than beef
http://news.stv.tv/north/215311-professor-hugh-pennington-claims-scots-are-safer-eating-horse-than-beef/

I bet many people who love their exotic holidays do not have a clue what they have eaten.

Percy1983

JohnRo wrote: »

The real scandal imho is what has happened to all these perfectly good food products in a world where an estimated one in seven worldwide go hungry every day.

I did think this when they where taking stuff off the shelves, sure just label everything 'may contain horse meat' and let people decide.

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

I've reached the conclusion that many MSEers would eat a scabby dog if it would save them money...can you really be surprised many would eat knackered old horse when so many think it's ok to eat food beyond it's sell by date....or drink coffe that is little more than dust....and think it is a badge of honour to spend naff all on food per week....in the end you get what you pay for...and when people choose to spend so little on food, well really it's just the food equivalent of Icelandic bank accounts....

...don't get it myself.....

Idiophreak

The second you start eating processed meats and ready meals, you have to accept that you've no real clue what you're eating...not saying it's a bad thing, just the way it is.

TheMoneySpider

The fact it's horsemeat isn't the issue and it's lazy journalism to focus on it. I am not having a go at MSE here, everyone seems to be at it (5live Breakfast did a beef v horse cook-off as if that was even vaguely relevant to the story).

This story is nothing to do with horse-steak v beef steak it's "red-tape" v self-regulation :

http://garstontowers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/horsemeat-so-what-meat-we-know-nothing.html

lindseykim13

Cheap meats don't have to be unhealthy, you can get yourself a nice pheasant, rabbit, partridge, wood pigeon all at the local farmers markets for a few pounds. Can't see horse being cheaper than this.
You also know they have eaten a natural diet and no chemicals.

We are going for more of this type of meat and buying in bulk from butchers (whole lamb) to avoid as much supermarket doctored products as possible.

lindseykim13

TheMoneySpider wrote: »

The fact it's horsemeat isn't the issue and it's lazy journalism to focus on it. I am not having a go at MSE here, everyone seems to be at it (5live Breakfast did a beef v horse cook-off as if that was even vaguely relevant to the story).

This story is nothing to do with horse-steak v beef steak it's "red-tape" v self-regulation :

http://garstontowers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/horsemeat-so-what-meat-we-know-nothing.html

I agree i keep reading and seeing people saying 'ah it's only horse'
my concern is horse and what other ingredients. I don't fancy horse medication thanks.

TheMoneySpider

I wonder at the likelihood that it will turn up in baby-food. It will turn up a notch then.

The silly thing is people eating burgers, ready-meals and sausages who then turn their noses up at offal like liver and kidneys.

JohnRo

Self regulation is a smoke screen. It's failure of the existing red tape which food retailers and tax payers pay for. No doubt new powers and a few extra mandatory millions on top will fix it all, yet again, until next time.

There's an article just today explaining how the FSA spent £7m on advertising that included shattering revelations like too much salt is bad for you and warnings about under cooking Christmas turkey...

This from an agency costing around £150m a year and employing people on CEO payscales.

TheMoneySpider

To be honest ads about public health are fair enough, every one of them is paid back in benefits to public health. My problem is that they were moved under the same umbrella as DEFRA which is a clear conflict of interests.