Horse Meat in Processed Foods
Feb 12th 2013, 10:09 pm
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Horse Meat in Processed Foods
Do you really care? To me, meat is meat is meat, whether it's from Dobbin, Shergar or Lassie.
I feel sorry for the poor cows (see attached pic).
And did you know that Findus Lasagne is an anagram of 'fed us slain nag'...
I feel sorry for the poor cows (see attached pic).
And did you know that Findus Lasagne is an anagram of 'fed us slain nag'...
Feb 13th 2013, 3:00 am
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Re: Horse Meat in Processed Foods
I still don't see how the economics of all this adds up. OK there is a massive price difference between horse meat and beef which gives an incentive to chuck Red Rum into the mincer, but the scale that is being discussed suggests active horse farming.
The costs of producing a horse can't be wildly different to that of a cow (even if you go cheap on drugs etc) and yet the potential income is less (you don't get milk etc. and you have to sell it as 'cheap beef') - so you take most of the costs yet don't have access to all of the income and run the risk of being stuck with a valueless product if you can't sell it as beef. Why do that? Why not just farm cows on the cheap and sneak your crappy illegal beef into the supply chain.
I'm going to guess this is possible due to a market distortion as a result of an EU tax / quota policy.
Last edited by Millhouse; Feb 13th 2013 at 3:23 am.
Feb 13th 2013, 4:27 am
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Re: Horse Meat in Processed Foods
I don't see why everybody's nagging about this.
Feb 13th 2013, 5:08 am
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Re: Horse Meat in Processed Foods
The only reason to care is that the average rouge who is passing off Hedgehunter for Daisy is probably not too bothered about following production standards with respect to drugs, age, hygiene etc.
I still don't see how the economics of all this adds up. OK there is a massive price difference between horse meat and beef which gives an incentive to chuck Red Rum into the mincer, but the scale that is being discussed suggests active horse farming.
The costs of producing a horse can't be wildly different to that of a cow (even if you go cheap on drugs etc) and yet the potential income is less (you don't get milk etc. and you have to sell it as 'cheap beef') - so you take most of the costs yet don't have access to all of the income and run the risk of being stuck with a valueless product if you can't sell it as beef. Why do that? Why not just farm cows on the cheap and sneak your crappy illegal beef into the supply chain.
I'm going to guess this is possible due to a market distortion as a result of an EU tax / quota policy.
I still don't see how the economics of all this adds up. OK there is a massive price difference between horse meat and beef which gives an incentive to chuck Red Rum into the mincer, but the scale that is being discussed suggests active horse farming.
The costs of producing a horse can't be wildly different to that of a cow (even if you go cheap on drugs etc) and yet the potential income is less (you don't get milk etc. and you have to sell it as 'cheap beef') - so you take most of the costs yet don't have access to all of the income and run the risk of being stuck with a valueless product if you can't sell it as beef. Why do that? Why not just farm cows on the cheap and sneak your crappy illegal beef into the supply chain.
I'm going to guess this is possible due to a market distortion as a result of an EU tax / quota policy.
Feb 13th 2013, 5:23 am
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Re: Horse Meat in Processed Foods
I can only assume that they are rounding them up en mass somewhere in Central Asia/ Russia
Feb 13th 2013, 5:23 am
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Feb 13th 2013, 6:33 am
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Re: Horse Meat in Processed Foods
*for those few who may care and are not in the know, the use of the word "Ulster" is always a big tip-off: it is exclusively sectarian in the context of Northern Ireland as 3 of the 9 counties of the historic province of Ulster are actually in the Republic
Feb 13th 2013, 6:44 am
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My Lidl Pony.
Feb 13th 2013, 6:50 am
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Re: Horse Meat in Processed Foods
Have you seen the title of the Kipp Report's piece about it?
What have you had in your mouth lately?
http://www.kippreport.com/2013/02/wh...-mouth-lately/
What have you had in your mouth lately?
http://www.kippreport.com/2013/02/wh...-mouth-lately/
Feb 13th 2013, 7:03 am
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I read somewhere the other day that they are claiming there are over 70,000 horses missing in Ireland..... FFS, how many horses have they got?
Feb 13th 2013, 7:07 am
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