Horse Meat Scandal

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/lamb-veal-and-game-products/4639/2

I don't know. It looks pretty healthy other than the pharmaceuticals injected into them. Then again, we all know most cows and chickens are juiced more than your average pro athlete.

I would dare say that horsemeat was the healthiest thing to happen to fast food in a long time.

I'm not a vegetarian, and never will be, and I'm not hypocritical enough to get all squeamish over horses when I cheerfully chow down on baby sheep - BUT I do get very squeamish at not knowing what I'm eating. If nothing else this may make more people consider their diets and their consumption of overly processed foods. I will be frequenting my local butcher's more - there if you want mince they mince a piece of steak in front of you - at least you see what goes into it, and they will allow you to see them making their sausages (with minced pork shoulder and seasoning) if you wish. It may cost a few pence more, but rather that and know what I'm feeding my kids than playing Russian Roulette with the food industry!

I don't tend to buy the products the horse meat has been found in so I'm not overly concerned to be honest! I just hope they don't find more meat products which aren't what they are supposed to be. I don't think I'd eat horse by choice as we've always had them growing up so they feel more like pets to me than food.

Is anybody really concerned about the fact that our food contains bits from all over the place, the cost to our nation in terms of our health, employment, farming and industry is outrageous. For gods sake why, when we have a recession, can't we produce food to feed our nation in our nation. Chefs have been advising for years to eat stuff in season and locally produced; the money goes back into our economy, our communities, rather than shareholders of huge global corperations; the more we produce and buy locally the cheaper food will get, we will have genuine competition to ensure a fair deal. Farmers in Britain are paid a pittance for their produce only to have it shipped all over the world to come back as ready meals; who knows what's added along the way and for pity's sake, think of the animal's welfare.
You only have to watch some of the programmes on health and safety and food hygiene to realise that if there's a buck to be made then people take shortcuts; they don't care about the health of the nation or whether their practices will spark an outbreak of e.coli. or whether the meals they offer contains meat stuffed with anti biotics and hormones that will lead to illness and antibiotic resistant bugs. The only problem is to them is if they get caught doing it. I believe that if we eat meat we should honour the animal that feeds us by letting it grow as nature intended; without hormones and antibiotics to counteract questionable rearing practices just to make an animal bigger or ready for slaughter sooner or for convienience because huge corperations have a contract with a farmer to supply cheap meat.