Have you been avoiding Burger King because of the horse meat rumors?
L.A. Times
2013/02/01 20:57:28
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After one of its suppliers was under investigation for selling beef products potentially tainted with horse meat, Burger King concluded that none of its products were affected. The chain said it came to the conclusion after conducting testing for traces of equine DNA in its beef patties.
Burger King, which is based in Miami, said it launched an independent and ongoing probe upon learning that Irish regulators had discovered equine DNA in meat in one of its suppliers' facilities.
On Jan. 24, the chain said it would no longer use products from ABP Food Group’s Irish subsidiary, Silvercrest, to supply its locations in Britain and Ireland. The fast food giant then replaced all Silvercrest meat with deliveries from another supplier as a “voluntary and precautionary measure,” it said.
Burger King, which is based in Miami, said it launched an independent and ongoing probe upon learning that Irish regulators had discovered equine DNA in meat in one of its suppliers' facilities.
On Jan. 24, the chain said it would no longer use products from ABP Food Group’s Irish subsidiary, Silvercrest, to supply its locations in Britain and Ireland. The fast food giant then replaced all Silvercrest meat with deliveries from another supplier as a “voluntary and precautionary measure,” it said.
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flaca BN-0 2013/02/02 00:18:36No
+9What's wrong with horse meat? Many countries eat it. What's the difference? Horses are only slightly more intelligent than cows.
I wouldn't eat horses if you paid me. Just think of how they treat the cows.
Horse meat has a slightly sweet taste reminiscent of a combination of beef and venison. Meat from younger horses tends to be lighter in color while older horses produce richer color and flavor, as with most mammals. Horse meat can be used to replace beef, pork, mutton, and any other meat in virtually any recipe.
In Japanese cuisine, raw horse meat is called sakura (桜) or sakuraniku (桜肉, sakura means cherry blossom, niku means meat) because of its pink colour. It can be served raw as very chewy sashimi in thin slices dipped in soy sauce, often with ginger and onions added. In this case, it is called basashi
Some of these facilities don't even sell good meat, taste quite synthetic (McDonald's)
(I avoid, but seldom do eat Pre-Chewed).
I don't see how breeding, slaughtering and then grinding up horses is so much more terrible than doing the same to cows and pigs though.
How can beef be "tainted" with horse meat?